Articles About sustainable building

• Council urged to make low-cost homes efficient

  By Diane ChiddisterJanuary 13, 2011

  In Village Council’s first discussion of a draft agreement for a proposed affordable housing project at its Jan. 3 meeting, Council was urged to require from the developer tighter energy efficient building practices than currently specified.

• Sun warms homes at Thistle Creek

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Home building may not be his primary career, but Yellow Springs electronics distributor Roy Eastman is no novice either, as he has spent the last several years researching energy-efficient building and retrofitting his company’s office.

• Builders make aesthetic efficient

  By Stephanie BeasleyDecember 10, 2009

  

  In many classic children’s stories, seemingly common and mundane entrances disguise the most fantastical places. For Alice, the gateway to Wonderland was through a rabbit hole, while the four Pevensie siblings discovered the bewitching world of Narnia through an old wardrobe. The driveway to Erik and Deirdre Owen’s home is no different. Looking (and feeling) […]

• Saving the planet, a house at a time

  By Diane ChiddisterApril 16, 2009

  

  Most people want their homes to be more energy efficient, Bob Brecha and Dan Rudolf believe, but they just don’t know how to make the needed changes. “People don’t know where to start,” Brecha said in a recent interview.

• Agraria picks five-acre site

  By Lauren HeatonMarch 20, 2008

  The model, low-energy development Community Solution calls Agraria became a little more real late last fall when organizers of the project purchased a 5.1-acre parcel of land on the north end of town.