Americans are regularly encouraged to maintain a “low carbon footprint”—that is, to use as little fossil-fuel energy as possible. While many of us have switched to energy-efficient cars, fewer have switched to energy-efficient homes. The fact is, homes with oil or gas...
As with many things in our modern age, there is a popular sentiment that the more technical and complicated a home addition is, the better. However, this is not necessarily the case. The premise of “natural building”...