By Georges Dyer, Partner, Aedi Group
Building Green is a TV series on healthy, energy-efficient, and environmentally-friendly building (free & on-demand on hulu!). The first episode, “Breaking Ground,” introduces the strawbale home project in Santa Barbara that the series will follow through to completion. It also features Aedi Group Advisory Board member, Bill Browning. Have a [...]
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Building Green on PBS
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Concord Green
by Georges Dyer, Partner, Aedi Group
Our construction team has had the great pleasure over the past few months to work on an exciting project in Concord, MA. The owner has a real passion for healthy, green building without sacrificing classic design. And she has done an unbelievable job documenting the entire process on her blog [...]
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The GreenMachine
by Georges Dyer, Partner, Aedi Group
Green buildings come in all shapes and sizes and can be made out of all kinds of materials. One technology that facilitates the use of low-cost, local, natural materials is the GreenMachine.
Developed and refined by TerraBuilt over the last ten years or so, the GreenMachine uses local subsoil (not topsoil) [...]
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Sustainable PVC?
by Georges Dyer, Partner, Aedi Group
Vinyl and PVC are common building materials that have a whole host of problems associated with them. There are many alternative materials that can be used, yet the materials are ubiquitous because they are low-cost and durable, and perform certain functions well.
Under pressure from health and environmental groups aiming to [...]
