Volume 5 Issue 8 September 2010 Published by Green Builder Media LLC © 2010
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health, and durability are just a few factors driving the green remodeling market. These green projects show how you can help your buyers reconcile vision with context. And when it comes to incorporating green elements into a retrofi t project, there’s the whole issue of just how green the client wants to be.
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Green Retrofit: The Right Stuff New products give
remodelers the tools they need to reduce a home’s environmental footprint without sacrifi cing air quality or design. Here’s a sampler of sustainable products that you can count on to raise the eco-friendly status of your next retrofi t.
DEPARTMENTS
2 Out in Front Triple-pane switchable window glass
8 From the Editor Thoughts from the other side of a remodel
10 Publisher’s Notes Capitalizing on green
12 Contributors Meet the people behind the bylines.
On the cover: Green Remodel, Steamboat Springs, Colo. Tim Murphy Photography www.timmurphy-
photography.com
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ReVISION House Orlando Debuts! page 22
Hot New Retrofit Products, page 24
An Inside Look at Propane, page 47
REMODELS
STUNNING GREEN
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15 Green Scene Aff ordable net-zero energy home … new line of luxury green cabinets … report on the state of buildings on the Gulf Coast, post-Hurricane Katrina … HUD’s green retrofi t program
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22 ReVISION House Our latest show home gets under way in Orlando and illustrates how simple design changes can pack a punch.
51 New Products Learn the pros and cons of propane.
56 From the Tailgate New reality … new potential
46 High-Performance House
47 Real Deal Here’s how to make the EnergySmart Home Scale work for you.
49 Leading Builders The Yakama Nation Housing Authority goes back to roots of Native American sustainability.
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