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Green Building Supply — Interview with Mike Dunn of Dunn Lumber
Mike Dunn, the owner and president sat down to talk with us about the green building products his store offers in this video.
Read MoreGreen Concrete Floor Cleaning & Refinishing
Using green finishes was important to us because our office shares walls with apartments with families in a mixed-use building. Even if the cost is marginally higher, we want to make sure our choices are considerate of those around us, good for workers, and does no harm to the environment.
Read MoreInclusion of Art in Community Development
Milenco’s biggest motivation of founding Pomegranate Center was as an artist, he wanted to see more art in communities because he believes it influences and embellishes everyday life. Since 1986 the Pomegranate Center has worked with hundreds of communities around the Greater Seattle area and tried increasing community engagement within their projects to make successful and stronger communities.
Read MoreNOV 12th SAVE THE DATE: Finding the Balance: Restorative Development & Regenerative Design
Join leading women in the green building profession to discuss how technology, innovation, and shifts in values are reshaping the framework of sustainability. Explore how regenerative design is moving us beyond sustainable development and towards a restorative paradigm of development that is inclusive of the woman’s perspective.
Read MoreCo-Hollow: Building Community in Lake City
In today’s increasingly hot real estate environment, looking for alternatives to single family home buying is a must. Many families are getting priced out of stand-alone single family homes and have had to adjust their expectations to include zero-lot line townhomes and condos.
Read MoreVisionary Craftsman Goes Beyond Net Zero
Who would have imagined 30 years ago that there would be a market for homes that could dismantle intrusive drones, operate with a smartphone, and produce 100% of their own energy?
Meet futurist and home builder, Bob Lodwig.
Read MoreJoin us Nov 7th for a Land Buying/New Construction Seminar
Join managing broker Eva Otto and Method Homes for a seminar focused on buying land and building a new construction prefab home of your dreams. we will discuss where and how, lending, and cost expectations 11/7/2015.
Read MoreTour the 1st EMF-Reduced Rowhome Community in Seattle Sunday Oct 4th
Seattle’s leading green home and building biologists demonstrate key construction techniques used for VIDA, a green community design of 15 rowhomes in the Central District, located at 120 20th Ave, on Oct 4th from 1pm-4pm.
Read MoreTaproot Theater Joins the Green Home Tour April 26th!
Joining the Green Home Tour this year is a sustainability stop that brings
art, culture and green building technology together. On April 26th the
public will have an opportunity for a “behind the scenes†look inside
Taproot Theatre Company’s newly constructed Kendall Center located on the
site of the Eleanor Roosevelt Building that was destroyed in the October
2009 arson in the historic Greenwood business district’s crossroads.
A Hot Market Spurs Innovation
These days homes in the Seattle real estate market are moving so fast it’s difficult for homebuyers to find a new green construction or remodeled home that doesn’t have compromise (often location). Green Canopy’s newest home Dinah in Ballard (currently listed to be on the tour) fortunately doesn’t have much to compromise over.
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