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If you’re wondering about how to judge whether a product is green, here’s five good tips from Residential Design & Build magazine’s John D. Wagner. 1. Improves indoor air quality. 2. Uses recycled/recyclable materials. 3. Reduces water consumption. 4. Is sustainably harvested. 5. Reduces fuel consumption (carbon footprint) during manufacture, delivery, installation and use. As […]

Shane Aschan, owner of The Foamers Inc., which is based in Silverthorne, managed the insulation process for Breckenridge’s first custom Net Zero home. He sprayed a high-density closed cell foam insulation under the slabs of the home before the concrete was poured. We wanted to ensure that the inside of the home was insulated to […]

Plenty of other publications and organizations are paying attention to going green in homes, and that includes National Geographic. Here are few of the tips from National Geographic’s “True Green Home” book on how to limit the need for air conditioning in your home, and they’re things you should consider during the design process. Position […]

We worked with Joe Sundquist of Sundquist Design Group in Conifer to reduce the need for additional energy in the Breckenridge’s first custom Net Zero home. “To address the owners and builder’s desire to make this building energy efficient, we wanted to minimize unnecessary framing, while allow for increased insulation wherever possible,” Sundquist says. We […]

The journey of building Breckenridge’s First Net Zero home by design-build firm Trilogy Partners didn’t ignore details from the inside and outside. The design needed to fit the upscale look of the homeowners in the Timber Trail neighborhood. One of the first challenges was how to work with a beautiful and intricate architecture and meet […]

Home energy use accounts for 21 percent of the nation’s carbon footprint, which is twice the carbon emissions of passenger cars, according to a San Jose Mercury News article. But as the movement toward sustainability in home design and construction is gaining steam, green-tech experts tell the paper they’re expecting a banner year. It notes […]

To follow up on our invitation to join us at Saturday or Sunday’s free seminar about Breckenridge’s first zero energy luxury home, here’s a few more details about a zero energy home. A Zero Energy Home produces its own energy—as much or more than it needs, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. It combines state-of-the-art, […]

If you started out strong by hitting the gym during January, but are now finding you just don’t have the time to drive to a gym before or after work or to exercise during your lunch hour, the best thing may be to create a space to workout at home. Exercise rooms can be located […]