Green Building Practices

Our work includes some of the latest and broadest thinking on "green building," which we define as increasing the efficiency with which homes use resources (materials, energy and water) while reducing impacts on human health and the environment, through better design, site development, home construction, operation, re-use and deconstruction.

Like most professionals working in green building, we use the LEED for Homes system, promulgated by the United States Green Building Council.

Since 2003 we have been conducting our own original research in various areas of green homebuilding. We have focused on two topics: pre-fabrication and "systems building" of homes and current Japanese homebuilding practices, which generally include green features.

This home incorporates a range of green features; please explore the links under "green" in the above menu for more information.