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Vantem Panels Introduces Net-Zero Kit House: SmartHomze
Vermont-based Vantem Panels, one of the United States’ first producers of SIPs (structural insulated panels) and one of three American producers of urethane panels, has released the first affordable net-zero energy kit homes: SmartHomze. With an estimated $150 per square foot cost of construction (not including permits, site work, or foundation), SmartHomze are significantly more…
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Composting: How to Do It and Why It Matters
This is a guest blog from writer Chloe Trogden. Thanks Chloe Image by Chris Breikss via Flickr Every year, we generate about 250 million tons of trash in the United States, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. That’s a lot of waste, and it has to go somewhere. A lot of the chemicals and other…
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Composting: How to Do It and Why It Matters
This is a guest blog from writer Chloe Trogden. Thanks Chloe Image by Chris Breikss via Flickr Every year, we generate about 250 million tons of trash in the United States, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. That’s a lot of waste, and it has to go somewhere. A lot of the chemicals and other…
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Xero Flor America Green Roof Named in GreenRoofs.com Project of the Week
GreenRoofs.com, a website that regularly posts information about new construction and renovation projects that include a green roof or rooftop garden, has featured in their Project of the Week the renovation of the headquarters of Xero Flor America (XFA), the official and exclusive U.S. distributor for the Xero Flor Green Roof System. A year ago,…
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Cottonwood Meadow Hybrid Container Home on Sierra Nevada Blueberry Farm
Kyle and Hannah have been building a hybrid container home in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California where they are attempting to grow blueberries. Their blog at CottonwoodMeadow.blogspot.com chronicles the design, site preparation, and construction of the home that incorporates shipping containers with traditional construction methods and their previous home that was relocated onto the…