Paul and Diane Honig and their family moved into their new Passive House a couple weeks ago and are marveling at the indoor comfort as winter approaches. This is what it’s all about for us, creating a home that looks great, works well, and feels good to be in.

Today’s modern home has to be resourceful, resilient, responsible, enduring, healthy, and comfortable. These features require careful, not cavalier use of space, a conscious relation with the land and the resources we rely on to live and build, a sense of stewardship about the building we care for, and a real recognition of how we use energy, and are therefor compelled to manage that use wisely.

I know something new. I know how to design and build homes that are dramatically better than any I’ve ever built. What I know is radically simple. It is systematically measurable and therefore proven. It …

Stephen Chu is a funny guy! And really smart. What a relief to have him as our Energy Secretary.
He was on The Daily Show the other night and, beside speaking forcefully for the need to …

So many kitchens. So many stone countertops.
Beautiful, swirling marbles. Rich chocolate caramel granites. Blues. Golds. Emerald greens. Works of astounding abstract art created by nature. And they’re durable and long lasting.
When I think back over …