Tag: Sustainability

Organizing Your Design
Location, Location, Location: 5 Considerations For Locating Your Sustainable Green Home

When deciding to build a new home, the location is the most important consideration. Some rules should be followed when searching for property on
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Posted on: August 11, 2012 Tags: Design–build, Energy Efficient Design, Off-Grid Home Design, Passive Solar Home Design, Reno Green Builder, Sustainability, Sustainable Green Home, Sustainable Home Design Categories: Organizing Your Design, Sustainable Design
Sustainable Design
6 Sustainable, Efficient Design Building Blocks

The first meeting with folks who want to design a new custom home is always a fun and exciting experience. Inside their heads is a pile of ideas that
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Posted on: March 29, 2012 Tags: Custom home, Design–build, Energy conservation, Energy Efficient Design, Energy Star, home remodeling, Sustainability, Sustainable design Categories: Sustainable Design
Sustainable Design
Greenwashing or The Real Deal?

What is “green” How do we know what a green label means except $green$? Are there standards? All good questions and impossible to
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Posted on: March 8, 2012 Tags: Design–build, Energy Efficient Design, Green, Green Building Materials, greenwash, initial design phase, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, Sustainability, Vetrazzo Categories: Sustainable Design