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Plot where Jane Green's house will be built. Green and Warburg hired an architect, Brooke Girty, an expert in NewEngland architecture who had worked on Katharine Hepburn s house. They decided to base the home s design on that of Ian s childhood
the shadow flicker these giant turbines generate?" She says a majority of her sales are to people relocating from southern NewEngland and many desire building or purchasing their retirement home away from the traffic and noise. Most want privacy and seclusion
produces as much energy as it uses. If we can build an affordable zero-energy home with adequate heating through the harsh NewEngland winters, can a national movement to ZEHs be far behind? Both Roberts and Lamia agree that the green building industry
Hill Residential Design and Build, LLC , focuses on producing environmentally friendly and healthy homes with a historic NewEngland aesthetic. Ecohealth Homes creator Michelle Roberts worked with the nonprofit National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH
and waterborne paints have much more flexibility with expansion and contraction, Manion says. In places like Chicago and NewEngland, that's especially important for the longevity of the paint job. The biggest problem with any paint failure is poor prep
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says Mike Younus, general manager and vice president of NewEngland Homes, a modular-home manufacturer in New Hampshire. Homeowners market is starting to change," says Younus, whose company, NewEngland Homes, is already exploring the use of mold-resistant drywall
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