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Double-stud walls
Double-stud walls

Double-stud walls are a low-tech way to create highly energy-efficient walls with common materials and familiar assemblies by Rachel Wagner

A House for All Ages
A House for All AgesOnline Membership Required

An energy efficient modern day farm house offers single-floor living wrapped in low-maintenance, charming detail by Duncan McPherson

A Practical Approach to Passive House
A Practical Approach to Passive HouseOnline Membership Required

An architect's "best work to date" is a super-efficient home that you could build by Steven Baczek

From a Leaky Old House to a Tight New Home
From a Leaky Old House to a Tight New HomeOnline Membership Required

A young couple retrofits the house next door as an investment in deep energy savings by Andrew Webster

Santa Cruz Straw Bale
Santa Cruz Straw BaleOnline Membership Required

Net-zero-energy use and whimsical details shine in a new family home by Anni Tilt

The Trouble With Building Science
The Trouble With Building Science

Few people understand it. Nobody agrees what it is, how to learn about it, or who's responsible for it. It has never been more important by Kevin Ireton

Zero Energy, at Last
Zero Energy, at LastOnline Membership Required

The sun lends a big hand to this efficient home in the North Carolina mountains by Christopher Larson

Build It Right: Lessons From New Orleans
Build It Right: Lessons From New OrleansOnline Membership Required

Hurricane Katrina can teach us many things. Make It Right wants safe, affordable, energy-efficient building to be one of them. by Linda Reeder

How to Insulate a Cold Floor
How to Insulate a Cold Floor

Properly air-sealed floors exposed on the underside to outdoor temperatures will have better energy performance by Martin Holladay

Air-Sealing a Basement
Air-Sealing a Basement

by Martin Holladay

Close off gable vents?
Q & A: Close off gable vents?

by SUZYPQ

Foam Shrinks, and Other Lessons
Foam Shrinks, and Other LessonsOnline Membership Required

What we learned from updating a 16-year-old deep-energy retrofit by Joseph Lstiburek

To Vent or Not To Vent?
Q & A: To Vent or Not To Vent?

by John Rankin

Payback Time
Payback TimeOnline Membership Required

A small house in Vermont goes above code to cut energy bills by more than half by Dunbar Oehmig

Designed for Density
Designed for DensityOnline Membership Required

A big house on an infill lot embraces its historic neighborhood and proves that buyers are willing to pay for energy efficiency by Donna Wax

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