Future Friendly Homes

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 …

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Think

Then think again. It’s time to ask some fundamental questions. Sometimes all over again. It’s time to think clearly. Then act!

Design

Design matters. When we learn to use all the tools in the design toolbox we discover more and make smarter choices.

Build

Build better. Its time to make smart choices about how we build and the materials we choose to build with.

Energy

And energy sense. Our future literally depends on our ability to understand and use energy wisely.

Guidance

Experience. Imagination. Familiarity. We depend on the sum of these part to offer and make good decisions.

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Waste = Food: Breaking the Trash Habit

Submitted by Jamie Wolf 6 Comments

Our houses have habits. And we learn them.
Next thing you know you’re adapting your behavior to the way your home doesn’t work. There’s no place to organize the mail, so it lands on the kitchen …

The Quarry in your Kitchen

Submitted by Jamie Wolf 4 Comments

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 …

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Building a Future Friendly Home

We’re building a new home in the Harwinton hills. When we say we need to build future friendly homes, this is what we mean.

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Passive House Winner Meets the Challenges

CT’s First Certified Passive House wins the 2012 CT Zero Energy Challenge

The Passive House we designed and built in Harwinton this year has been recognized for meeting two significant challenges. It is the first house …

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Oh, Behave!

We can engineer a building to use only as much energy as it produces. That’s pretty great isn’t it! We can also fill our pantries with healthy food, keep a bike outside our door to …

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Building a Future Friendly Home

We are building a Passive House in Harwinton, CT. Over the course of its construction we are inviting people to visit and learn about the ways in which the remarkable comfort, health, durability, and efficiency of this home are technically achieved. This is a special chance to see how it’s done. Come inside and take a look around. Experience the difference.

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Adapt and Grow

There are many ways to respond to trauma. The ways we know to build now are safer, simpler, healthier, more comfortable, durable, and are miserly in their use of energy. Best of all, we now know how to create homes that are contributing to the solution, rather than adding to the problem. So we have adapted and we have grown, and as a result of our “post traumatic growth” we are better equipped to guide you.

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