As we witness fossil fuel dependence cause global economic upheaval you'll have a chance to learn about a home with complete energy independence at our upcoming Visible Green Home® Earth Day Celebration Tour of BURH BECC at BEACON SPRINGS, April 25th.  Once we had...

In the wake of the recent EF-1 tornado event in Ann Arbor our client, Jeff, sent this email describing his experience tucked away in his FEMA P-320 Storm Proof designed safe room serving double duty as a Primary Suite Walk-in Closet: "I was literally as cool as a...

One of the things that you will learn about at our upcoming Visible Green Home® Earth Day Celebration Tour of BURH BECC at BEACON SPRINGS on April 25th will be our use of rainwater harvesting.  Working with Dave Stark of RMS we installed a rainwater collection system...

One of the things that you will learn about at our upcoming Visible Green Home® Earth Day Celebration Tour of BURH BECC at BEACON SPRINGS on April 25th will be our use of TROMBE Walls. A Trombe wall is a passive solar heating system consisting of a masonry wall...

One of the things that you will learn about at our upcoming Visible Green Home® Earth Day Celebration Tour of BURH BECC at BEACON SPRINGS on April 25th, was the innovative use of reclaimed/recycle/repurposed materials. One such instance was for the finished ceiling...

In celebration of Earth Day 2026 we are presenting one of the most paradigm-changing, sustainable homes we have created to date. Come see a home that was the second residence in the world to have attained full Living Certification under the Living Building Challenge®,...

In celebration of Earth Day 2026 we are presenting one of the most paradigm-changing, sustainable homes we have created to date. Come see a home that was the second residence in the world to have attained full Living Certification under the Living Building Challenge®,...

One of the special conversations, and cautionary warnings, that we shared with our guests at this past weekend’s Builders and Remodelers Association of Greater Ann Arbor’s 2026 Home Show was the guidance of not building a “BNO." Coined by our colleague, Gary Kade,...

Thank you to all of the folks who stopped by our booth at the Builders and Remodelers Association of Greater Ann Arbor’s 2026 Home Show this past weekend at the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds in Saline. We had a great turn out and our colleagues Gary Kade, Green...