Celeste Lewis Architecture and Hammer & Hand collaborated on remodel of the mid-century-modern...
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Posts By: Zack Semke
Northwest ENERGY STAR® Selects Pumpkin Ridge Passive House as Super-Efficient Demonstration Home
The Pumpkin Ridge Passive House, a North Plains, Oregon green home being built...
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Passivhaus-guided Commercial Remodel Pushes Restaurant Design and Construction to New Heights
The high performance restaurant remodel by Hammer And Hand brings unparalleled, Passivhaus levels...
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Seattle remodel is Hammer & Hand’s latest collaboration with "junk picker" extraordinaire Sarah Littlefield
Sarah’s Seattle Junk Love brings a hip “down homespun” vibe to interiors and...
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When it comes to home energy retrofits, check your work – note from the field by Hammer & Hand’s Tom Elsass
Elsass explains importance of air tightness for home performance, as measured by blower...
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Commercial remodel and custom woodworking helps Salt and Straw expand its Portland empire of frozen yumminess
Adaptive reuse for scoop shop’s NW location demands nimble, quick remodeling chops. “It...
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Top 8 Social Benefits of High Performance Building
The unsung community benefits of high performance building in Portland and Seattle… Hammer...
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New Karuna Video: high performance building consultant Stephen Tanner describes Minergie-P-ECO green building certification
Tanner was at Karuna last week gathering data for Karuna’s bid for Minergie-P-ECO...
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Preliminary airtightness test at Karuna House cruises past 0.60ACH50 threshold of Passive House and Minergie-P
Initial blower door test of 0.42ACH50 a great starting point. In the 21st century...
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Karuna House earns first Minergie pre-certification in the United States, receives official designation as "US-001-P-ECO"
The green building showcase, designed by Holst Architecture and built by Hammer &...
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