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The Carpenter’s House
This smart Craftsman-style home was built with a keen eye for detail and energy efficiency.
Making Hot-Water Recirculation Pay
With new pump technology, hot-water recirculation is about to get more efficient.
The Passive House Build: Getting the Mechanicals Right
A carefully designed mechanical system rounds out this house’s heating and cooling load.
Gene Myers, Zero-Energy Builder
This builder’s Denver-based company recently won its second grand award in the DOE’s Housing Innovation program.
Reinventing a Passive-Solar Design
A New Mexico builder updates the work of his father with a new and improved project nearly 40 years after the original. It's still 'the place with the tubes.'
Bad Ducts = Bad Air
Higher energy bills and lower comfort levels aren’t the worst effects of faulty ducts.
An Easy Way To Build a Well-Insulated House
Builder Stephen Bonfiglioli describes how he builds an R-30 wall using strips of rigid foam insulation on the interior of the studs as a thermal break.
Redefining Retirement
Architects Sarah Susanka and Tina Govan collaborate on a one-of-a-kind project that provides lessons in comfort, craft, and flexible living at all stages of life.
How it Works: Household Electricity
Electrician Cliff Popejoy explains the systems and components that bring power from it's source into and around your home.
Air-Sealing SIP Seams
Houses built with structural insulated panels require unique methods of air-sealing to ensure an airtight thermal envelope.

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