Passive House showcase: Holst Architecture and Hammer & Hand team-up to build the Karuna House.
Ambitious project aims for Passive House, Minergie, & LEED certifications. Hammer & Hand is collaborating with the award-winning Portland firm
Ambitious project aims for Passive House, Minergie, & LEED certifications. Hammer & Hand is collaborating with the award-winning Portland firm
Graphic depicts the suite of building energy performance retrofits employed to decrease a Boston apartment building’s energy consumption by 73%.
New home performance building science team launched by Portland remodeler and contractor Hammer & Hand, a local and regional leader
Passive House’s advanced building science meets human physiology Sam Hagerman (Hammer & Hand co-owner and president of the national Passive
Homes that facilitate “aging in place”, accessibility & mobility sustain inhabitants and promote sustainable communities. Lots of human energy is
Home energy retrofit measures transforms the performance of client’s home. The 1925 Craftsman bungalow in Northeast Portland was so leaky
Advanced building science approach to home performance yields big reductions in home energy consumption. Last week I wrote here about
Don’t miss this year’s Build It Green! Home Tour, presented by the City of Portland this Saturday, September 24. Three
Build It Green! Home Tour 2011 features our SE Portland rental transformation This Saturday’s Build It Green! Home Tour (September
Building Science: from home performance retrofits to Passive House. As I’ve watched Hammer & Hand’s growing home performance team conduct
Home energy audit services are the place to start. “Knowledge is power.” That certainly holds true in the realm of
Hint: the birth and development of the field of building science hold the answer. In a buildingscience.com article entitled “We