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We are north of Dallas TX, and are pulling all the brick and roof off our home (originally built in 70's and added on to through the years). Several reasons…

Greetings all!  I'm planning a build with a small roof deck, and vertical space is at a premium due to height restrictions. Every mm counts. I also want to get…

Location: Zoom

The Program on Negotiation and Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution present a panel discussion including experts who will share current legal views on Nature as a natural resource at the service of humans and advances of the rights of nature in Colombia, Aotearoa New Zealand, Spain, and Australia, where rivers, lakes, and forests are being recognized as living entities and granted rights.... Read more about Kelman Seminar Series: Reframing Conflicts Over Natural "Resources": The Rights of Nature as a Pathway for Consensus Building and Relational Planning and Resolution

I have 4in of polyiso on the exterior of my roof sheathing (zone 3) Using an r30 batt on the inside. My question is in regards to areas where we have…

Popular with energy auditors, the Residential Energy Dynamics Calculator is moving to the Building America Solution Center website

Hey hope everyone is doing well. I would like to use the space under my second floor deck as a sunroom. I have a few problems/design issues. My back entrance…

I am building a superinsulated house in northeastern Europe. Construction is something between a double-stud wall and Larsen truss wall. Interior wall being structural, 2x6 stud equivalent, exterior wall 2x3…

I have a project under construction with a covered patio that has a vaulted ceiling that will have doug fir t&g (with clear-coat finish) covering the roof rafters.  The contractor…

It seems that designing a home so that:Roof Trusses sit directly over Wall StudsAndWall Studs sit directly over Floor Trusses/I Joists would be a good idea...and maybe this is baked into…

Location: Ofer 401, 79 JFK St, Cambridge, MA

In 2009, at COP 15 in Copenhagen, the developed countries committed to mobilize a minimum of $100 billion a year for developing countries to help finance their climate actions.... Read more about Can Debt for Nature Swaps Ease Africa’s Climate Finance Problems?

As part of the complete renovation to my century-old, balloon-frame house in Atlantic Canada (zone 6), I think I should encapsulate, insulate, and condition my basement / crawl space. I…

Dear GBA Team,We are building a new house on an existing foundation in Zone 6. We inherited a foundation & crawl space that is super shallow at 14" - we…

Location: Livestream & Weld Hill Lecture Hall, Arnold Arboretum, 1300 Centre Street, Boston

A Thousand Ways to Evolve a Sex Chromosome with Alex Harkess, Faculty Investigator, HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology... Read more about Arnold Arboretum Research Talks

Location: Virtual & Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, 42-48 Quincy St, Cambridge

With mounting evidence of the impact of human activity on the global climate, the built environment is increasingly understood as a critical site for applied and conceptual research in questions of energy and ecology.... Read more about Designing Sustainable Solutions for a Better Built Environment

Location: Countway Community Garden, 10 Shattuck St, Boston

Come celebrate sustainability and kick off the 2024 growing season at this festive event!... Read more about Earth Day Fest - Longwood

Location: David T. Ellwood Democracy Lab, Room 414AB, Rubenstein Building, 79 JFK St, Cambridge

Join us for an Energy Policy Seminar featuring Roxana Shafiee, Environmental Fellow in the Harvard University Center for the Environment. Shafiee will give a talk on "Carbon Abatement Costs of Green Hydrogen Across End-Use Sectors."... Read more about Energy Policy Seminar: "Carbon Abatement Costs of Green Hydrogen Across End-Use Sectors"

We are trying to figure out how to handle the waterproofing details on a flangeless window that will be set in a plywood window buck on a house that has…

Global HVAC company Ai-Midea Air Conditioning wants to educate more consumers (and contractors) on the benefits of converting to heat pumps

A little context...my home is a 1 story single family residence, built in 1957 (conventionally framed) located in Carlsbad, CA (Zone 3). 1350 sq ft.  Post and beam foundation  (approx…

I'm doing my best to build my own energy efficient house (CZ 3A , almost on the border with 2a) while staying budget-conscious. I initially thought I would hang the…