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Green Building Advisor - Wildfire Resilience: Wall-to-Roof Connection
January 28, 2026 - Joshua Salinger
Airtightness at the eaves is critical for durability, comfort, and wildfire resilience. This detail shows how to do it right.
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Green Building Advisor - Wildfire Resilience: Slab-to-Wall Connection
January 21, 2026 - Joshua Salinger
A step-by-step look at how a wildfire-rebuild project achieved airtight, thermally broken, moisture-safe, and ignition-resistant detailing at the slab-to-wall transition
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Green Building Advisor - Wildfire Resilience: Rebuilding After the Fire
January 14, 2026 - Joshua Salinger
After losing their home in a 2020 wildfire, this Oregon couple rebuilt with Passive House performance and wildfire-resilient detailing.
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Green Building Advisor - Resiliency and Affordability—Reduced Cost by Smart Plumbing Design
August 13, 2025 - Joshua Salinger
Designing plumbing systems with an eye on affordable resilience strategies
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Fine Homebuilding Summit 2025
June 06, 2025 - Josh Salinger
Join some of the most experienced and recognized building professionals for two days of presentations, panel discussions, networking, and more!
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Fine Homebuilding Magazine - Dec 2024
December 01, 2024
Are you stuck in a 2010's version of Passive House? Maybe there isn't much daylight between today's passive building and best practice?
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Green Building Advisor - Passive House Today
November 18, 2024 - Joshua Salinger
By integrating best practices from the outset, builders can enhance the cost-effectiveness of Passive House design and construction
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Green Building Advisor - Getting Continuous Exterior Insulation Right
July 29, 2024 - Joshua Salinger
From choosing products to their compatibility with other control layers to assemblies that work, take a deep dive into CEI
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Green Building Advisor - Overview of Panelized Construction
January 29, 2024 - Joshua Salinger
A look at the benefits, manufacturing and delivery methods, and potential pitfalls of prefabricated building enclosures
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Fine Homebuilding Magazine - Mar 2024
January 14, 2024
The Pros and Cons of a Panelized Home. We made the cover a second time! Josh has put some thoughts on paper about offsite construction. The verdict? It depends. Go check out the magazine or visit www.finehomebuilding.com to read more!
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