Small Homes, Excellent Enclosures, Almost No Heating System: Fact or Fiction?

From the ASHRAE Journal, by Duncan Prahl, Thomas RC Hartman, Bruce Coldham, Katrin Klingenberg

Principles of Sustainability

A set of core priniciples against which all "sustainable" solutions can be evaluated.

On Sustainable Design
"Sustainability is less about saving the planet then it is about saving ourselves."

Small Affordable Houses
Some useful strategies for creating high quality, small, affordable houses.

Astonishing Architecture
How sustainability adds value.

Healthful House
If a well designed building can be a sound investment, one that is not well designed can lose value...

Embodied Energy in Residential Building Construction

Six types of residential construction examined with their embodied energy in mind.

Building Information Modeling: From Simulation to Reality

From Building Energy '08. Presentations on the real world uses of BIM.

The Simple Home: Components of the Small Residence

From Buiding Energy '07.

Envelope Enhancement with Space Heating

How to save energy without spending more money. From Build Boston '06, Residential Design

Building Great Homes Well

Residential design and construction, from start to finish. From Building Energy '05.

Lead or follow LEED?

Toward an aesthetic, not a checklist. From Building Energy '03.

Durisol and Rastra

Presentation on building with Durisol ICFs. From Build Boston '06.

Designing and Building a Zero (Net) Energy Home

From Building Energy '07.

Daylighting At Stonyfield
Utilizing physical and virtual models to compare the costs and benefits of skylights against those of south-facing roof monitors. From ASES '97.

Good Green Multi-family Housing in Europe

A survey of European innovation in multi-family housing. From Multi-Family Buildings, '03.

$#@! Happens: When Bad Things Happen to Good Buildings

From Building Energy '07.

The Wampanoag Tribal Headquarters
Design challenges and solutions for the Wampanoag Tribal Headquarters on Martha's Vineyard. From Excellence in Building '96.

Beauty, Productivity, Savings

The benefits of green design go far beyond simple environmental consciousness.

Published in Business West.

Prioritizing Choices for a Healthy House

Strategies for healthy-home decision-making. By Mary Kraus and Bruce Coldham. (From John Bower's book, The Healthy House, 4th Edition.)

Sustainable Guidlines

from Time-Saver Standards for Urban Design.

What's The World Coming To?

A Sustainable Human Setting
Published in In Context.