Can We Talk About Air-To-Water Heat Pumps, Please?
There’s something addictive about the hunt for the latest shiny object. You think, This time, this is it. If I can just get this one thing, I’ll be complete.
What Does A Green Home Retrofit Cost?
How much does it cost to undertake a green home retrofit that makes a traditional house a model of sustainability? Here's an answer.
Housing Transformation Is Coming To Minnesota
Green Home Club helped secure a new Local Climate Action Grant from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to launch an initiative that could revolutionize how housing is approached in St. Paul and beyond.
Even In Minnesota, Finding A Green Home For Sale Is Harder Than You’d Think…
One of my favorite books is Jane Smiley’s Good Faith, about Joe Stratford, a real estate agent in the 1980s boom times.
What’s A Homeowners’ Course In Home Performance?
Learn the fundamentals of building science, conduct your own energy assessments, and develop a personalized plan that achieves your goals. It may be a 1 year or even 10 plan, but you will have a green home plan!
From Theory to Action: Meeting A Home Performance Contractor
Brian Larson of Air Seal Tech on Making Energy Upgrades Worth It
The Plan: What To Do With This Century-Old Charmer
It takes a plan to decarbonize a hundred-year-old house, but it is so necessary to save the planet.
The Goal: Decarbonizing A 100-Year-Old Home
Decarbonizing our 100-year-old home for future generations is not only possible but required to achieve our climate goals.
Always A Hard Choice: Deep Retrofit Or Teardown
Renovating an old home or building to be energy efficient instead of tearing it down may conserve embodied carbons and align with reuse goals, but this 1930 library is scheduled for demolition anyway.