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2011 Tour of Homes TOUR GUIDES AVAILABLE TODAY
August 18, 2011Olympia Master Builders Annual Tour of Homes Save the date: August 20 & 21 and 27 & 28 UPDATE: TOUR GUIDES AVAILABLE TODAY AUGUST 18TH! Look for insert in the Olympian newspaper, or swing by Olympia Master Builders (1211 …
Passive House Northwest
March 31, 2011Our regional Passive House Northwest conference, recently held at the Evergreen Long House, was a great success! The day began with a compelling and at times controversial keynote speech by Green Building Advisor’s Senior Editor, Martin Halloday, who set the …
Olympia Green Tour 2nd Annual
March 13, 2011Daffodils are up… it’s time again for Olympia’s South Sound Green Tour! This year there are over 20 homes and commercial projects featured on the tour, also loads of educational workshops and classes. If you have an interest in sustainable …
Passive House Spring Regional Meeting
February 23, 2011Reposted from Passive House Northwest website. PHnw 2011 Spring Regional Meeting Posted on Feb 13th, 2011 Join us in Olympia, WA on March 18 for Passive House Northwest’s Annual Spring Regional Meeting! Certified Passive House Consultants and other interested professionals …
National Passive House Conference
November 18, 2010Three of us from The Artisans Group (Randy, Tessa and Zeta), recently attended the three day North American Passive House (PH) Conference in Portland Oregon (Nov. 4 to 7). With almost 400 passionate PH pioneers attending, it was highly educational …
Cost to Upgrade to Passive House
September 28, 2010Not a big surprise, we received some juicy emails as a result of the front page article in the Olympian and the interview on NPR station KUOW last week. One listener wrote in to NPR with concerns about justifying the …
Passive House Makes Front Page News
September 24, 2010We were on the front page of the Olympian a couple days ago with one of our current Passive House projects.Very nice article written by John Dodge, who was contacted by DT North, the homeowner! It’s very cool that the …
NPR Interview: Passive House Project
September 24, 2010NPR contacted The Artisans Group the other day to interview us about one of our Passive House projects. It’s gotten great press lately having been on the front page of the Olympian in the same week! We’re pretty excited that …
2010 OMB Tour of Homes Oct 2,3,9,10
September 15, 2010The Artisans Group is featuring three homes on the Olympia Master Builder’s Tour of Homes this year. 1 : Imagine a house that uses less energy than a hairdryer to heat it… it’s true, this is that house. This is …
The House that Saved the World
July 29, 2010Great title. The House that Saved the World is a thirteen part production featuring Eco-Home Builders that are breaking the trail for sustainable buildings. The production will feature the different phases of project development and critical stages of construction on …