Do you need to insulate?

Recently at an Oregon Remodelers awards luncheon, I was speaking to a colleague, Chuck Waldal from Gale Contractor Services about their insulation business.  We discussed the push at the end of 2009 when homeowners were insulating their homes to take advantage of federal tax credits.  That reminded me of the difference it made in our [...]

Is preserving a historic building really green?

BuildingGreen.com posted an interesting article in their blog that really encourages us to stop and think about how we approach “green” building.  If a home or building is consider historic, we have typically passed legal guidelines for remodeling the structure and the land around it.  However, with the new focus being on energy conservation, one [...]