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Doug’s Latest Project – The Net-Zero Challenge, All-Electric Residence
Saving the Earth – One Building at a Time You may not realize it, but according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration residential and...
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Is Healthy Indoor Air Quality Good For the Planet?
Healthy Air Quality In Your Home – It’s Good For You and For the Planet By Doug Selby According to the EPA we typically spend about 90% of our time...
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What is a Passive House?
By: Doug Selby I recently completed my training to become a Certified Passive House Consultant, a rigorous program with about 100 hours of intensive...
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Practicing What We Preach and Preaching What We Practice
It’s one thing to come to work and start talking up the idea of living a more resource-efficient lifestyle to our clients; it’s another thing to...
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Do You Bidet?
Master bathroom remodels are a Meadowlark specialty. Our clients tend to request elaborate spa-like experiences as part of their master suite...
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Home Unplugged – Homes (and Clients) We Love Talking About!
Tucked away on a private wooded lot on a hillside, this Meadowlark custom home – simply named “Unplugged” – was designed and built to take advantage...
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Remodeling in Phases: The Beauty of Master Planning
You know you need to make some changes in your home, but the thought of all the planning, the construction process, the overwhelming decisions—not to...
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
When most people hear the word “green” used in conjunction with home remodeling or home construction, their first thought is usually saving money on...
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One-Room Schoolhouse Restoration
Drive by Meadowlark’s offices at 3250 West Liberty Road, and you can see the exterior renovation of the former Arabelle Wagner School, a classic...
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Shades of Green Building
What makes building materials green? In our mission to make better buildings, we have found that, all too often, a product simply cannot be 100%...