How homebuilder Sustainable 9 built a green sales machine (photos)
Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal
To make their homes so sustainable the brothers use spray foam and rigid foam wall insulation; construction materials designed to stop heat from escaping the home; and high-efficiency appliances, such as furnaces, central air units and water heaters.

Ozinga Earns 7 Outstanding Concrete Design Awards and Driver Championship Recognition from Indiana Ready …
PortageLife
Three of the awards were earned in residential decorative categories. Ozinga earned the Multi-Family – Decorative award for their work on The Lofts on Indiana Avenue, a new townhome development in Crown Point. Ozinga worked with designer DVG, …

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Rebecca Norton designs her own home to be efficient
Iowa City Press Citizen
The main floor layout has a dining room, living room, a half bath, family room, kitchen, pantry, mudroom and an office/sitting room. The second floor has four bedrooms, a master bath, a full bath, and a laundry room located next to the master closet …

Rebecca Norton designs her own home to be efficient
Iowa City Press Citizen
The main floor layout has a dining room, living room, a half bath, family room, kitchen, pantry, mudroom and an office/sitting room. The second floor has four bedrooms, a master bath, a full bath, and a laundry room located next to the master closet …

PortageLife.com | Ozinga Earns 7 Outstanding Concrete Design …
PortageLife
Ozinga has earned multiple awards and recognition from the Indiana Ready Mixed Concrete Association (IRMCA) for their concrete innovation and talented …

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What it really means to build a green residential home
The Standard (press release)
[photo: file/standard]. Housing a family is more than just providing a roof over their heads. A home is interconnected with the planning of an area, including infrastructure, ecological design and other basic services. A housing design therefore must …