Author: LEED Blogger
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Cross Shaped Shipping Container Home
The Georgia-based architect Dachi Papuashvili recently shared his plans to construct a tiny home using two shipping containers. He is calling this house The Skit and he plans for it to be shaped like a cross, with one of the shipping containers standing vertically and the other traversing it perpendicularly. The Skit is a planned…
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A Contemporary Passive House Built in the Northwest
The Artisans Group, an architecture firm based in Washington State recently designed a passive family home in the Northwest region of the country. To build this passive house, the architects used a number of systems, as opposed to technologies, which resulted in an energy efficient, sustainable and energy star rated home. The house is a…
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One Month Left For Project of the Year Nominations!
Submit your project today for our 2014 Project of the Year awards. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to have your PV project chosen as the best-of-the-best by your fellow solar construction advocates. The award ceremony will take place at Solar Power International. Nominations are due by September 5, 2014. Click hereRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Nexteer Commissions Michigan’s Largest Residential Solar Tracking System
Global automotive supplier Nexteer Automotive recently finalized the commissioning of the largest residential dual axis solar tracking system in the state of Michigan. Located near Holly, the site consists of three SunSteer arrays, two at 7 kW each and one at 6 kW, for a total of 20 kW, which precisely followRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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No Place Like Home
Dash Design celebrates Cleveland with its second iteration of Sage Hospitality’s restaurant, Urban Farmer. More…