Entries from April 2008 ↓

After our last kitchen design meeting, we narrowed down our inspirational kitchen pieces to a few choices. Here are the inspirational images we liked the most to create a kitchen with the main strip along a wall with open shelving above and an island with seating.
Wall section 

- OR -

Island

with seating like this

Storage & Range Hood […]

Over the course of the past few months I have been researching a number of green building and energy efficient processes and certifications. I am coming to realize that the best home in terms of sustainability and energy efficiency is most likely a result of a combination of a few different guidelines or certification methods. […]

I heard there was an article out in GOOD Magazine from a few readers that contacted me but didn’t see it until it was posted to their website today. Not sure if the issue is out in stores yet. Check out the full article here - http://www.goodmagazine.com/section/Look/bargain_builders
For all of you up to date on our […]

The first category in the LEED for Homes Checklist is the Innovation & Design Process. There are three sections in this category as follows:

Integrated Project Planning (1 prerequisite / 4 points max)
Durability Management Process (2 prerequisites / 3 points max)
Innovation or Regional Design (4 points max)

We’ll go through each section in detail with examples from […]

We received the initial HERS Index scores from the Energy Star evaluations that MaGrann performed on our initial specs about two weeks ago. I have been crazy busy lately and forgot to post on this at the time. If you recall from our LEED Design Charrette, we need to hit a HERS Index of 50 […]

The Home Size Adjustment in the LEED for Homes rating system is intended to compensate for the overall effect that excessively large homes have on the environment. The size of a home effects two main aspects associated with the environment:

The amount of resources and raw material used to build a home and all of the […]