Sustainable Architecture

Discover a range of approaches to high-performance home design and construction.

With improved energy codes and more clean electricity coming online, the Phius program is leaning into comfort, durability, resilience, and flexibility for designers and builders.

This shingle-style, sustainable timber frame house was manufactured off-site and assembled in stages.

Ian Schwandt goes into detail about energy-usage trends in his Pretty Good House in this FHB Podcast Segment.

Listeners write in about bathroom ventilation plans, sealing joist bays, sustainability, and more.

There's a constant source of clean water for you to use, and all you have to do is collect it.

A historical-home renovation gives lessons into the process of reclaiming lumber, from careful demolition to remilling and refinishing.

As the demand for more sustainable homes intensifies, architects and builders are increasingly driven by state and federal incentives to reduce the carbon footprint of their homes and to tap…

Consulting engineer and self-described compulsive measurer Marc Rosenbaum talks to Brian and Patrick about improving the comfort and efficiency of residential buildings.

The crew talks to Marc Rosenbaum about his own house on Martha’s Vineyard.