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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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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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CNBC's 'Make it' Series
May 09, 2023
Birdsmouth's Zero Energy Retrofit Manager's home is featured on CNBC's 'Make it' Series for Earth Day. Check out the video of Ryan Shanahan's home!
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Fine Homebuilding Magazine - May 2022
May 08, 2023
Building a Zero-Energy Home for Less. Article by Josh Salinger in FHB | Issue 306 - April/May 2022
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Mau Passive House featured in Green Building Advisor
May 03, 2023
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How to Cost Effectively Build Zero Energy Homes Course
April 28, 2020
This is a great 3 part course offered through Earth Advantage for Architects, Builders, Engineers and other professionals who are interested in upping their game. We will be attending and would love to see you there!
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Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in the Sustainable Building Industry
February 14, 2020
We are so proud to sponsor this great event-- this is a high priority for us at Birdsmouth Design Build and our entire staff is looking forward to attending this much needed workshop!
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Field Trip!
February 06, 2020
We had so much fun hosting this group of K-8 graders from Venn Academy at our Going Street Commons project!
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A Word or Three on Simplicity (Part 1)
July 29, 2019
How a mantra of simplicity has made our Going Street Commons project compelling, efficient and cost effective
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Going Street Commons: The Fig Story
June 17, 2019
Every lot has a story, and the Going Street Commons has a good one.
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Going Street Commons: A Zero Energy Community
June 04, 2019
We've been working on the Going Street Commons Project for over two years and we couldn't be more proud of it! Now that construction is beginning, it's time to share it with the world.
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The Mau Passive House: Simplicity Defining Function
March 27, 2019
Examining the design of one of our favorite homes.
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Birdsmouth CEO Joshua Salinger to be teaching the Accessory Dwelling Academy course!
March 05, 2019
Please join us at the Accessory Dwelling Academy course June 21st, 2019. Josh will be one of the instructors teaching this great course on ADU's!
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EA Sustainable Homes Professional Course Jan 11th and 12th
January 03, 2019
Birdsmouth Founder, Joshua Salinger will be instructing the upcoming module 3 Earth Advantage Sustainable Homes Professional Course
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A Great Project, an Award, and a Note of Gratitude
December 06, 2018 - Joshua Salinger
The eM/Zed Treehouse project garners Birdsmouth the 2018 Earth Advantage 'Zero Energy Home Builder of the Year' award, in no small part to the hard work of Peter Bogart, project manager.
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Video: Birdsmouth helping show the way to greener building
December 13, 2017
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Going Street Commons: Fall 2017 Updates
September 28, 2017
In our latest blog, we share a snapshot of the ever-evolving Going Street Commons development and future net zero energy community. Find out what's been done, what's happening now and what up next!
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In open letter, Proud Ground offers strong support for GSC affordable housing
June 01, 2017 - Jarad Miles
"With this project, we have a unique opportunity to merge our values addressing equity for families of color who need permanently affordable units with our values of energy efficiency and environmental stewardship.
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Going Street Commons: Spring 2017 Updates
May 16, 2017 - Jarad Miles
Our team recently met with the City of Portland
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From SE Portland garage to Net Zero ADU
May 03, 2017 - Jarad Miles
This week we take a closer look at the conversion of a SE Portland garage into a Net Zero Ready ADU. We dig into the details and talk with our Designer Ben Valentin about the strategies and challenges of achieving a comfortable, low-energy ADU.
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Architect Couple's Dream Home Selected for 'Your Healthy Home' Case Study
April 19, 2017 - Jarad Miles
'Your Healthy Home' is the first in a new three-part series of DIY community workshops demonstrating how Portland residents can create homes that are healthier, more resilient and prepared for emergencies...
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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 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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