Following up on our earlier post celebrating our most recent award-winning project, "A Pleasant Future Vision" PHIUS+ Zero certified passive house home, we thought we'd take you behind the scenes and do a series of posts going a little deeper revealing some of the...

We are thrilled to share with you that our clients, Harvey and Kay's "A Pleasant Future Vision" Passive House Institute of the United State PHIUS+ Zero 2021 certified passive house, the first in Michigan and the first design-certified PHIUS+ 2021 home worldwide, has...

And continuing the topic of Building Integrated Photovoltaic renewable energy is Jackery's recent unveiling at CES 2025 of their revolutionary, first in the US market, curved solar roof tiles. These innovative solar roof tiles are practically indistinguishable from...

Continuing on our conversation from our previous post about renewable energy sources is the concept of BIP, Building Integrated Photovoltaics. The concept is to advance beyond having a building envelope component and then slapping on a renewable energy component. What...

OK, time for the big reveal.  The solar aperture presented in the Solar Pathfinder and Sun Seeker app images show that nine months out of the year just past 2:00 pm solar time the existing tree cover will block the sun's rays from hitting this home. Which means...

At AR every project, including remodels, we begin with a solar assessment- even ones that already have solar modules incorporated. Our clients for a current project in Bloomfield Township have already taken the step towards an all-electric future with the installation...

As a follow up to our post from yesterday, why is reducing the use of concrete important? Because the creation of cement–the "glue" that holds concrete together–is one of the most carbon emission intensive materials we use in construction. Concrete is so widely used...

Except maybe for being in the ground with a reduced carbon impact foundation- such as this foundation. For our clients Steve and Lauren, whose new home project is registered with the USGBC with the certification goal of LEED Platinum, we are using an innovative...

Whenever we “enjoy” these frigid, sub-zero temp, polar express cold snaps like we did this past week, we love reaching out to our Passive House clients just to touch base and see how their homes are performing for them. Aly and Rob shared this response text back to...

One of the exciting things for any of our clients is when their projects achieve final green certification: be that Michigan GreenStar, NAHB NGBS, DOE NZER, USGBC LEED, Phius Passive House, or Living Building Challenge. Each of these programs, which we have delivered...