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How to Keep Your Home Cool
As the temperature and humidity rises, so does the cost of cooling our homes. It’s easy to turn on air conditioners to keep the heat down, but we...
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Construction for Dummies: Passive House Wall Construction
Construction on this Meadowlark house includes a different type of exterior wall, roof and foundation construction — or thermal envelope. Why?...
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Bringing it Home and Keeping it All in the Family
We have stepped outside of our usual geographic area and headed north to Midland to help build a home that we are pretty darn excited about. With...
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The Green Country Ranch
This home has earned the nickname “Green Country Ranch.” Depending on your particular inclinations, you can see it as a ranch house that is resource...
Meadowlark gets another nod from the Detroit Free Press
Showcasing a LEED Platinum Whole House Remodel Once again, we owe a big shoutout to Judy Rose at the Detroit Free Press for her wonderful article on...
Ann Arbor’s MLive Covers Future-Ready Green Home
Lizzy Alfs’s MLive article, “Lower Burns Park house converted to deep green single-family home,” showcases Meadowlark’s recently finished gut/rehab...
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George Jetson Could Live Here
Okay…so it’s not high up on a very tall pedestal with flying cars all around, but this home has technology in it that would make George Jetson proud!...
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The Big Ideas in ‘The Not So Big House’
Living Smaller, Better, Healthier Like many green builders out there, I have been a devotee and ardent practitioner of a “not-so-big” lifestyle, and...
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Meadowlark’s Roots Were Planted In A Garage
In 2008, I was asked to meet the owner’s of Meadowlark at their office for an interview. I had heard about Meadowlark from a friend I met while...