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The year in review

I got to admit, this part of the year is always bitter sweet. It can be fun to look back at what has happened, reminisce about the good, shake ones head at the bad, and simply wonder – what if I had… The other part says, don’t take to long, the future is still ahead & starts […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Articles Tagged With: Looking Back December 31, 2013 By SLS

Building Green Homes: Step 10 – Drywall & Finishes

This is the last article in this series on Looking Back & Looking Forward involving the actual building process. In the last nine articles, we have gone over the major steps from designing to building a green home we completed over 2 years ago, the lessons learned and more importantly, how one can utilize those […]

Filed Under: Going Green? Tagged With: Ceramic Tile, Looking Back October 8, 2010 By SLS

Building Green Homes: Step 9 – Insulation

In this series on Looking Back & Looking Forward, we are reviewing a green home we built over 2 years ago, the lessons learned and more importantly, how we can utilize those lessons on future builds. In the past articles, we have covered quite a few topics (listed at the end) and have left off […]

Filed Under: Air Sealing & Insulation, Going Green? Tagged With: Looking Back September 28, 2010 By SLS

Building Green Homes: Step 8 – Interior Framing, Rough-In’s

In this series on Looking Back & Looking Forward, we are reviewing a green home we built over 2 years ago, the lessons learned and more importantly, how we can utilize those lessons on future builds. In the last two articles we covered in the drying in portion of the building. This process is necessary […]

Filed Under: Going Green?, Universal Design Tagged With: Looking Back, Shelter In-Place September 13, 2010 By SLS

Building Green Homes: Step 7 – Drying In the Walls / Air Sealing

Sorry, for the short break we took on this series entitled Looking Back & Looking Forward. As a reminder we are reviewing a green home we built over 2 years ago, the lessons learned and more importantly, how we can (or even how you can) utilize those lessons on future builds. In our last article, […]

Filed Under: Going Green? Tagged With: Looking Back September 4, 2010 By SLS

Building Green Homes: Step 6 – Drying In the Roof

In this series on Looking Back & Looking Forward, we are reviewing a green home we built over 2 years ago, the lessons learned and more importantly, how we can (or even how you can) utilize those lessons on future builds. In our last article, we got all the exterior framing completed & sheathed.   In […]

Filed Under: Going Green? Tagged With: Looking Back, Roofing August 17, 2010 By SLS

Building Green Homes: Step 5 – Building the Shell

In this series on Looking Back & Looking Forward, we are reviewing a green home we built over 2 years ago, the lessons learned and more importantly, how we can (or even how you can) utilize those lessons on future builds. In our last article, we covered the installation from the footings to the sub-flooring […]

Filed Under: Going Green? Tagged With: Looking Back August 6, 2010 By SLS

Building Green Homes: Step 4 – From Footings to Sub-Floor

In this series on Looking Back & Looking Forward, we are reviewing a green home we built over 2 years ago, the lessons learned and more importantly, how we can (or even how you can) utilize those lessons on future builds. In our last article on footing & foundation system we used, we explained why […]

Filed Under: Going Green? Tagged With: Ceramic Tile, Looking Back August 4, 2010 By SLS

Building Green Homes: Step 3 – Footings & Foundations

In this series on Looking Back & Looking Forward, we are reviewing a green home we built over 2 years ago, the lessons learned and more importantly, how we can (or even how you can) utilize those lessons on future builds. As a quick recap, we have looked at some of the unique issues we […]

Filed Under: Going Green? Tagged With: Looking Back, radon July 26, 2010 By SLS

Building Green Homes: Step 2 – Layout & Orientation

In this series on Looking Back & Looking Forward, we are reviewing a green home we built over 2 years ago, the lessons learned and more importantly, how we can (or even how you can) utilize those lessons on future builds. Now that we have a set of building plans for an Energy Efficient Green […]

Filed Under: Going Green? Tagged With: Looking Back July 23, 2010 By SLS

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