Green Building

We recently had the Shevlin Home tested to show that it is an energy efficient, healthy and resource-wise home.  The testing was done through the Earth Advantage program and received an excellent result on one of the tests which helps determine a home's airtightness.  These are several...

This article from EcoHome highlights some of the challenges that our  Desert Rain team faces in designing, sourcing, and eventually building this ultra green home in Bend. Living Buildings By: Rick Schwolsky [caption id="attachment_562" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="DESERT RAIN HOUSE "You have to question every building practice you thought was...

Bend couple still seeks to build self-sustaining green home by Kate Ramsayer/ the Bulletin Editor’s note: Tom Elliott and Barbara Scott invited The Bulletin to follow their green-building project from start to finish, to share their goals, decisions, costs, concerns, problems and achievements, and to be an...