If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed.If you stopped by the Green Living Center opening last Saturday you may haveseen Brian from Urban Earth Solutions out front molding some sculptures with cob - a mixture of earth and straw.  I got to talking to him and realized we need [...]

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As we move toward residential buildings that contain 10 or more units each, I can’t help but think there has to be a better way to heat and cool the units than putting in a separate HVAC and hot water heater for each one.
We are trying to push the limits of thermal mass with the [...]

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Whether or not the name of a project has any long-term significance is open for debate, but, for many practical purposes, projects need a name.
What’s In a Name?
As I’ve written before, naming a project is tricky. Up until now, our project at 4th and F Streets in West Sac has simply gone by the address [...]

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If All Else Fails, We’ll Get to Eat Some Fat Cat Scones!
Several weeks ago, we had a workshop with the neighborhood residents in the Washington Area. The neighborhood doesn’t currently have an association, so we weren’t sure what the turnout would be. But we ordered a bunch of local Fat Cat Scones, brought [...]

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So we are all very excited around here about one of our upcoming projects. In fact, I feel a little guilty being the first to get to post about it! For now we’re calling it our Discovery Center but a few other names are bouncing around that might be more fitting. The Discovery Center is [...]

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We have a new photo gallery on our blog, just in time to show some of the Newton Booth designs we’re working on.
Questions? Comments? You can post ‘em here or in the gallery.

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