Spring 2012 Virtual Edition
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Sustainable Design Choices: Let the Sun Shine In
This new column is intended to be an informational and exploratory look at emerging solar design and construction choices and the questions they raise.
Sustainable Design Choices: Designing with Prevention in Mind
Given the recent Four-Mile fire and its serious consequences for so many homeowners, a question about redesign presents itself, whether one designs anew or remodels. With thoughtful preparation and design, one can design and build with both solar and fire defensibility in mind.
Sustainable Design Choices: Dream Home Gone Green
North Boulder homeowners incorporate active solar geothermal heating and cooling; closed-cell urethane foam insulation; xeric gardens of native species; organic veggies; and chickens for fresh eggs in their five-acre footprint dream home.
Sustainable Design Choices: A Solar Haven
Starting with a native grassy field eighteen years ago, a Boulder couple has created a Zen-like active and passive solar residential haven in north Boulder County.