The Passive House in Portland: “Negawatts”, Not Oil
Oil continues to spew into the Gulf, progress on an energy bill is uncertain, and the glaciers are melting. What’s a builder to do? Build
Oil continues to spew into the Gulf, progress on an energy bill is uncertain, and the glaciers are melting. What’s a builder to do? Build
As a home construction company working to support the spread of Passive House in Portland, we’re heartened by the growing media awareness of these elegant
So you want to improve the performance of your home? And why wouldn’t you? From global warming to the Gulf oil spill, from dependence on
What really makes a green building green? What role does durability play? (An apropos question given the recent declaration that Salem’s LEED-certified Courthouse Square is
In the course of our home building and remodeling work we often hear folks state one version or another of the following building “truism”: “Walls
Saturday’s Build It Green! tour was a whirlwind of Portland green building, followed on Sunday by major Passive House coverage in the New York Times.
The recent boom in Passive House technology is beginning to make the City of Portland’s ambitious carbon emissions reduction goals seem a lot more doable.
Hammer and Hand’s Sam Hagerman and Skylar Swinford recently headed to Mt. Hood with blower door in tow to perform a preliminary air-tightness test on
A critical mass of interest in (and online writing about) Passive House technology has coalesced just as the Passive House Institute US meets in Portland
Sam will help guide the development of this new national organization dedicated to promulgating the Passive House building standard across the U.S. Lest there be
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