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Green House Color Schemes | Things To Know When Choosing Green Siding Colors | What About Landscaping For a Green Colored House | Best Green House Color Schemes

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Introduction of Green House Color Schemes Are you tired of looking for green color houses? Are you stressing over what green combination you should choose for your house? Are you looking for some green siding color suggestions? Interior colors are important for making an impression of your house.

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Straw Bale Houses in Southern California

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Rebecca Tasker, with a crew of apprentices, is building two straw bale houses near Escondido, California. A well-built house will typically have a R19 value while straw bale houses have an R30 value. Another advantage of a straw bale house is that it doesn’t use toxic insulating materials. It’s a super insulator.”

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Passive House is “In” in 2017

Green Building Law Update

As you consider what’s “in” and what’s “out” in 2017, within the realm of green building, Passive House is in. This “passive” approach, in contrast with active systems based on a constant supply of conditioned air by HVAC systems is the basis of Passive House. Governments in North America are beginning to drive Passive House.

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The largest student housing development in the country breaks ground

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26 the University of California, Davis officially broke ground for The Green at West Village, a campus apartment project that is currently the largest student housing development in the country.

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California is a Model for PACE Loan Reform

Green Building Law Update

The first residential PACE program started in Berkeley, California in 2007. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Veterans Affairs released new guidance on July 19, 2016, changing their 2011 positions, now widely allowing residential PACE. Residential PACE loans got a late jumpstart when the U.S.

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Adobe Homes in Southern California

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Adobe haciendas and ranch houses sprinkled throughout the rolling hills of North San Diego County serve as enduring reminders of the region’s Spanish-Mexican rancho heritage. In the early 1980s, the state of California made significant changes to building codes – most notably seismic restrictions – which slowed the adobe building boom.

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California Embodied Carbon Legislation: How to Prepare for AB 2446

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Some exciting news coming out of California means big things for Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs), which analyze a product’s full life cycle environmental impacts and identify prioritized areas for carbon reduction. AB 2446 will have a large impact on developers and the development landscape in California and beyond.