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Our Sustainable Utopia

Sustainability and ecological friendliness have always been interests of mine. In High School I wanted to be an architect who designed...

John

Dec 31, 20212 min read

I am looking into the ways to get climate data to inform my design for a home in Sullivan County, NY. One simple source is this Bing...

John

Jun 13, 20211 min read

So I am going to use the current design for our Hunter Hill House country home as the basis for determining Passive House criteria....

John

Mar 29, 20211 min read

I am starting in earnest to prepare for building our Sullivan Countly, NY country home in the Catskills. It is my intention to document...

John

Mar 28, 20214 min read

An important starting point for insulation is the energy code. The New York State 2020 Residential Code has adopted the 2018...

John

Jan 31, 20214 min read