Victorian marries old and new

Mark and Wesley McGowan’s thoroughly updated 110-year-old Chapel Avenue house has everything they could ask for, except the large, level yard they want for their growing family.

So, after living for more than two years in one of Nashville’s hottest urban neighborhoods, historic Eastwood, they are selling their Victorian home and considering purchasing a newer [...]

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Builders looking at innovative ways to save energy when building new homes

Four home builders are testing some of the most promising energy technologies available for new housing projects in Niagara.

One of those home builders is Pinewood Homes. On Thursday, the company highlighted a couple of the technologies it’s implementing at a house on Forestview Blvd.

Pinewood is building an 1,800-square-foot home with a three-car garage. [...]

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Centreville home could make history

CENTREVILLE When Michael and Jeannie Whichard began looking for homes in Maryland last December, they had no idea their journey would end with a story for the record books.

If construction of their Centreville home remains on schedule, the Whichards will move into Maryland’s first free-standing net zero home by the end of January.

The [...]

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Case Study: Extreme Retrofit Project Honors the Past While Looking to the Future

When architect Terrell Wong and her husband decided to conduct an energy-efficient renovation of their 90-year-old home, there were many parts of the house they wanted to preserve. The house, which had been in her husband’s family for 35 years, had beautiful hardwood flooring and dark kitchen cabinets that her mother-in-law had commissioned 35 years [...]

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Short-term project, long-term results

Green remodel made life more sustainable and more comfortable This is the second of a two-part series on the Flax family’s home restoration project. Their home will be featured on the Center for ReSource Conservation’s (CRC) 16th Annual Tour of Sustainable Homes on Sunday. To view a third article on the Flax home, visit conservationcenter.org. [...]

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