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TABLE OF CONTENTS

FEATURES DEPARTMENTS
ANNUAL BUILDING SCIENCE REPORT 2019: EFFICIENCY MATTERS...14 EDITOR’S NOTE ................................................ 02
This year’s housing innovations from the U.S. Department of Energy preserve GREEN BUILDING NEWS ............................. 06
the art of sustainable living, from aordability to top-notch construction.
A Real Fire Fighter .................................................................................................16 PRODUCT FOCUS ............................................ 54
Alliance Green Builders’ elegant stucco-and-glass house SMART CITIES .................................................. 58
Casa Aquila is a wild re fortress.
A Net-Zero Initiative .............................................................................................20 TAILGATE ............................................................. 64
Amaris Homes goes right to work saving energy and cutting waste
with its net-zero, storm-weathering project.
Example of Efficiency .........................................................................................24
For Greenhill Contracting, building zero-energy capable homes
is an everyday thing. HERE’S A SAMPLE OF WHAT’S INSIDE
Regal Residences ...................................................................................................28 “The latest building science of
Heavy insulation, top-notch air sealing and energy-miser appliances make disaster-proofing homes rests on
Courtyard Rows a crowning achievement in multi-family living.
A United Effort ........................................................................................................32 decades of post-mortem analysis
The United Veterans Beacon House, a joy of United Way of Long Island, of storm effects [...] builders need to
is a green home and career-maker.
First Look ....................................................................................................................36 get on board with the urgency of
Here are the homes up for top honors at DOE’s 2018 Housing preparing homes for the worst.”
Innovation Awards.
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THE ALIGN PROJECT: ALIGN YOUR FINANCES ..............................................38
When it comes to buying, building and remodeling houses, the tendency is
cheap over quality. How can we design and build homes that work for people,
instead of the other way around? ON THE COVER
THE STATE OF UTILITIES ...........................................................................................45 EFFICIENCY MATTERS
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