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Creating a Zero Energy Community: Going Street Commons
March 30, 2017 - Jarad Miles
Going Street Commons is a future development of 12 certified Passive House homes on 1.3 acres in NE Portland
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Birdsmouth spotlight: A conversation with Architect Jonathan Lundstrom
March 25, 2017 - Jarad Miles
In my recent conversation with Jonathan, we discuss his growing up in Wisconsin and becoming an architect, his move to Portland in 2015, Passive House and the current project he's most excited about.
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Join Us for The 2017 Passive House Northwest Conference
March 18, 2017 - Jarad Miles
Passive House is the world's leading standard for energy efficient construction. It combines building enclosure efficiency and passive solar strategies in a system for designing and building cost effective, comfortable, energy efficient buildings...
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Birdsmouth introduces Glo Windows to Portland market
February 27, 2017 - Jarad Miles
We are always looking for better ways to tighten our building envelopes. Sometimes we find them, and other times they find us. In this post, we discuss our new partnership with Missoula, Montana-based window designer and installer, Glo European Windows.
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Birdsmouth home project makes cover of Portrait of Portland Magazine!
February 21, 2017 - Jarad Miles
How do you make a hundred-year-old home energy efficient? That was the big question and our recent mission to revamp Sue Wells
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Building to protect our most vulnerable
February 06, 2017 - Jarad Miles
"The POD Initiative is just the first step in building a coalition among the design community to continue to address homeless in Portland. This initiative is an entry point for designers to get involved with a clear deliverable, but homelessness is a comp
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Congrats to our new COO
January 26, 2017 - Jarad Miles
We are pleased to announce the promotion of our very own Apolinairo "Joe" Ancheta to chief operating officer at Birdsmouth. Joe will now be responsible for leading the remodel and ADU portion of the company as well as...
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To our supporters at Two Blocks North
January 19, 2017 - Jarad Miles
We want to recognize and give special thanks to our suppliers...
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Birdsmouth named 2016 Green Home Builder of the Year by Earth Advantage
January 19, 2017 - Jarad Miles
Earth Advantage has been certifying high performance homes for more than a decade now. To date they've certified over 15,100 homes and nearly 7,000 multifamily units. Birdsmouth is proud to partner with EA toward a more sustainable future.
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A new home for the Duncans
January 19, 2017 - Jarad Miles
"On March 30th, 2016, Brian was struck while riding his bike home from the neighborhood park. The driver, who ran a red light, met Brian's bike at full speed, knocking him off his bike and into the windshield of the car. Brian, an avid cyclist, hiker and
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