Issue 236 – June/July 2013
Features
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Diagnostic Tools for Energy-Minded Remodelers
Applying building science in the field can help to deliver safer, healthier, and more energy-efficient projects.
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Deck Footings Done Right
They're no fun to dig, but that's no excuse for digging them wrong. Here are the do's and don'ts you need to know.
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Build An Heirloom Garden Shed
Anything but typical, this handsome outbuilding can be built by one person in about a week
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The Water-Heater Payoff
An expensive water heater may be efficient, but will it save enough energy to justify the purchase price?
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Surgical Kitchen Remodel
How to modernize a kitchen while preserving the components.
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Ranch Transformed, Efficiency Achieved
An architect rebuilds a midcentury wreck into a stylish, energy-smart home for $90 per sq. ft.
Article
Finishing Touches
What is the Difference
Building Skills
Drawing Board
How it Works
Project Gallery
Energy Smart Details
Tailgate
GBA Insider
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Retrofitting Basement InsulationThe 2012 International Residential Code requires basement insulation in new homes in climate zones 3 and higher. The minimum code requirements for foam basement-wall insulation are R-5 in climate zone…
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Seattle Net-Zero Home“Mom and Dad must have paid for that one,” our neighbor said, apparently assuming that the net-zero energy house my wife, Alex, and I had just built and moved into…
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