Green Home Guide-USGBC...

The US Green Building Council recently launched GreenHomeGuide.com. For homeowners or potential homeowners (those seeking their next home) who are making the move to green, this site is a good clearinghouse for answering many questions, it’s also a great aide towards helping a homeowner to ask good questions. The site features exclusive content written by experienced working professionals from across the nation, many architects, designers and other industry folks. The first page opens up with a rolling set of relevant and provocative questions all pertaining to some...

June 25 Insulating Concrete Forms –...

Insulating Concrete Forms – Installation Training  Thursday June 25th 9am-4pm The is the next course in our Green Building Education Series. Everyone completing the course will receive an Amvic ICF Installation Training Certificate Registration: Contact classreg.ecobuilding@gmail.com or call 360. 754. 6152 Sign-in: Begins at 8:30 Location: Regional Education & Training Center @ Satsop | 150 Technology Way, Building 34 , Elma WA Cost: $95 Class Description: This Construction Course is part of the Green Envelope Series. A one-day seminar on construction using...

April 17 & 18 South Sound Green Tou...

The South Sound ECO-Builders-Guild Hosts: The South Sound Green Tour Innovation – Education – Inspiration April 17th and 18th, 2010 A community event to celebrate green innovations through education in sustainable building and inspired living. This year’s tour will showcase the greenest homes and buildings in our area that incorporate significant use of solar or other renewable energies, new and reclaimed materials, low energy consumption and water conservation technologies, and sustainable design techniques. Educational sessions will be held at various...

House Remodel Part 3...

Elegant simplicity in the kitchen By: Tessa Smith, lead designer Understated fixtures lend coziness to high ceilings As a sustainability consultant (LEED AP, Certified Passive House Consultant, pending) I have a long standing affair with mother earth, a deep-seated passion for deep green design and a constant nagging concern about energy performance.  Although the clients goals on this project were much more about finish than energy, we made every effort with every part of the project we touched to increase its performance.  Where we opened walls and replaced windows and...

‘Best of Show’ and ‘Be...

Earlier this week our team attended the Olympia Master Builders Tour of Homes Award night at Little Creek Casino. We are very pleased to announce that we won the ‘Peoples Choice-Best of Show’ and the ‘Judges Choice-Best Kitchen’. The project we had entered into the 2009 Tour of Homes was a Builtgreen Level 5 Craftsman style, built  on the prairie south of Olympia. Our designs were based on the client’s childhood memories of her grandmother’s house. She wanted a home that felt as if it had been around for a long time and one that typified the charm and...