Building a roof on the ground
At Endeavour, we tackle some fairly large building projects with our Sustainable New Construction program. This means completing a entire building from the ground up in just 5-6 months, from breaking ground to final finishes. Time is always at a premium, as is the...
Building Officials as Environmental Champions
After almost a decade of working with the “objective based” building code (introduced nationally in 2006), we have had many opportunities to explore the alternative compliance pathways offered by the code. A big part of doing this work is becoming familiar...
Ecological Building: From Fringe to Almost-Mainstream, 1996-2016
Maybe the Weirdoes Weren’t So Weird After All 2016 marks the 20th year since the idea of building houses with straw bales completely transformed my life. Back in 1996, I wanted to build a home for my family that would achieve two seemingly simple goals: The home would...
Top 5 Ways to Reduce Your Carbon Footrprint at Home
The climate talks in Paris have ended with an unprecedented climate agreement that saw 195 nations sign a commitment to make substantial greenhouse gas emissions. We’ll only know if these commitments are meaningful over the next few years as each country takes...
What Makes a Building Product “Green”?
The Green Glut The past 10 years have seen an explosion of building products being marketed to designers and builders as “green.” As the immense impacts buildings have on our planet’s ecosystem started to become clear to the mainstream building...