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Nathan Good Architects of Salem and Winsome Construction of McMinnville are the recipients of a National Association of Home Builder’s 2019 Best in American Living Award for a recently completed custom home in Salem, Oregon that Earth Advantage certified LEED Platinum.

At Earth Advantage, we believe one of the most impactful ways to propel the building industry toward a socially, economically, and environmentally just future is to provide workforce development trainings on green building – especially for communities historically underrepresented in the industry.

We face the greatest challenge of humanity and can look to the Apollo 11 mission to the moon as inspiration.

The importance of building to Zero Energy Ready as a strategy for reducing energy use in homes

An overview of strategies builders can take to help protect homes and their sites from wildfires.

With fire sprinkler systems becoming more common in single family housing, and builders becoming more aware of how important it is to build airtight homes, properly air sealing the heads becomes a prime concern. Fire sprinkler systems result in additional penetrations in the air barrier, whether the sprinkler heads are side wall or ceiling mounted.

Anyone involved in green building or energy efficiency in residential single family new construction knows how much our collective industry focuses on insulation and air sealing. There’s good reason for this. Space heating and cooling loads dominate the energy profiles of the vast majority of homes on the market outside of rare truly temperate climates like Hawaii.

In an effort to ensure that affordable, single-family housing is also built sustainably, Earth Advantage announced it will provide its green home certification to affordable housing providers at no cost.

The project focused on creating equitable economic opportunity. According to the building’s owner, Portland Community Reinvestment Initiatives (PCRI), over 50% of the design-phase professional services and construction were contracted by companies that are Minority-Owned, Women-Owned and Emerging Small Businesses (MWESB).

EEBA will be offering the High Performance Mechanical Class in Portland on Nov. 8 at the Northwest College of Construction.