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OUR WORK
Published and Press
• Fine Homebuilding | Cedar Ridge Residence/Annual Houses Issue (PDF)
• Fine Homebuilding | A Rural Electric House That Works (PDF)
• Home Energy | Skyline House/Cold Climate Solutions (PDF)
• Eco-Home Solar Demonstration Home
• Minnesota Public Radio | Saving Energy/Money in a Harsh Climate
• Green Building Advisor | Passive House Methods Build for the Future
• Architecture Minnesota | Superior Street Loft
• Architecture Minnesota | Harbor City Theater
Presentations
• The Ecologists’ House, A Zero Net Energy House in Duluth (PDF)—Duluth EDC 2017
• Banging my Head Against the (High Performance) Wall—Duluth EDC 2016
• Here Comes The Sun—Duluth Energy Design Conference 2014
• Sustainable Design and Building: Think Globally, Act Locally (PDF)
• Energy Efficient Design (PDF)
• S is for Sustainable: Defining Sustainable Approaches to Affordable Housing (PDF)
• Integrated Design Strategies and Quality Control (PDF)
Books About Design
• The Not So Big House by Sarah Susanka
• Patterns of Home by Max Jacobson et al.
• How Buildings Learn by Stewart Brand
• Your Green Home by Alex Wilson
Best Building Practices
• Building Science Corporation (national research)
• Technical and current information about “Green”
• A Short Primer on Passive Solar Design
• RADON – what all homeowners should know
• Basic Facts about RADON from the EPA (PDF)
• Have you had your home tested for radon? If you haven’t, we recommend that you do. In Minnesota it is inexpensive and easy. The Minnesota Department of Health offers discounted short term and long term radon test kits