Boise Case Studies, plus Air-Sealing your Home 7:00-9:00 p.m. Thursday, 12/09, $10 Integrated Design Lab (108 N. 6th) part of the Sustainable Energy, Sustainable Homes seminar series Do you want a home that’s low maintenance, inexpensive to heat and cool, and can maybe even produce it’s own energy? Join us this Thursday for a local showcase of energy [...] Read More
A message below from Andrea Bogle of Green Remodeling followed by the scoop from Steve Howe of Renewable Energy Solutions. We heard a lot of good feedback about these seminars last year. I hope you can attend. Hello, Everyone, I’d like to invite you to a seminar series co-sponsored by Green Remodeling, and partially taught [...] Read More
Additional Sustainable Links, credit due to the USGBC for assembling this exhaustive, continuously updated resource: www.USGBC.org Life Cycle Analysis & Costing ATHENA Sustainable Materials Institute BEES (Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability) [NIST] BuildingGreen.com – Life Cycle Assessment California Life Cycle Cost Assessment Model ENVEST (environmental impact estimating design software) [UK BRE] LCA Center Life [...] Read More
We hope to provide you with another resource to track down information regarding sustainable design, and green building. We have relied heavily on the USGBC for many of these www.USGBC.org. Building Industry Professionals for Environmental Responsibility. BIPER USA provides a range of resources for sustainable design professionals. GreenClips is a summary of news on sustainable [...] Read More
Often when we think of materials suppliers for building our homes, or even working on a DIY home improvement project, we instinctively include the big box home improvement store or regional contractor oriented building supplier. I have found a few sources locally that I want to suggest and bring to your attention. Some are specific to Boise, but the concepts are not, and chances are they can be found in your city with a quick search. Read More
Five or six years ago we had the chance to design a beautiful rammed earth home for the foothills of Boise north of 24th Street. We went through an extensive design process with the client and developed a final design that you can see here (Rammed Earth Example). Early in the design development phase we [...] Read More