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Passive solar cooling may seem like an oxymoron to many. After all, the sun is hot and we’ve learned that

Thrive Home Builders, one of EVstudio’s very own clients, was recently awarded ‘2017 Home Builder of the Year’ by Professional

According to the Dictionary of Architecture & Construction a specification is “a written document describing in detail the scope of

I recently wrote about intensive green roofs. On the other side of the green roof coin is the extensive green

While we haven’t yet had a chance to get professional photos of this project yet, I wanted to share with

Most buildings that we see are single skin. In low rise structures the outside will be stucco, siding, some type

We recently designed a house in which the homeowner is considering both Ipe wood and composite decking for the exterior decks. Ipe

There is a lot of conventional wisdom out there about what is “typical” for building construction practices. While the collective experience of

I was recently asked about heating a home with a radiant floor heating system that utilized solar hot water. This

We toured the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s Research Support Facility, and were able to see a number of design solutions

Let me first say that while I studied thermodynamics and heat transfer in school, it’s been many years since I’ve

Contractors, Owners and Designers should be aware that the City of Arvada has five different wind zones of varying intensity.

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