Our Green Home (135 Beech Grove Trail)

This blog is the running story of the idea, dream, reality, design, execution and results of the green home we are building at 135 Beech Grove Trail in Maryville, TN.

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Suzi Gardenia goes live

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Suzi Gardenia, the alter-ego of my loving wife has gone live with her own blog. Check out: www.suzigardenia.com In it, she plans to c...

Saturday, November 10, 2012

Passive Solar Works

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It's been a long time since I posted here, but we've been busy enjoying our new green home! Here is an illustration of why we did...

Friday, February 18, 2011

Appalachian Sustainable Hardwoods

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Deciding on the flooring choices was one of the more daunting tasks we've had. We, of course, wanted it to be natural and beautiful. S...

Thursday, December 30, 2010

Energy Star

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The first priority for anyone building a green home is energy efficiency! Almost anything else you do to "green" your home pales ...

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Structural Insulated Sheathing (SIS)

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Once I learned that Dow Chemical (my old stomping ground for a few years) had last year reformulated Styrofoam to reduce the Global Warming ...

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Waste Management Plan

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A couple years ago, while we were in the very early stages of planning, I ran across a great, easy read called Your Green Home, A Guide to P...

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Saturday, August 7, 2010

Oooooops....

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Where, exactly, is that greywater collection system? There is value in being able to stop by the build site almost every day. The plan for t...

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cafenginer: Maryville, Tennessee, Tennessee - Southeast, United States; We are a Chemical Engineer and an internet marketing executive who worry about the world we will leave to our grandkids. We are committed to tread more lightly on our beautiful county, country and world.

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