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	<description>Green design/build: Design, Plan, Build!  New green construction, repair, and remodeling for Humboldt County California.</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:24:46 +0000</lastBuildDate>
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		<title>List of ARRA Qualified Energy Efficiency Upgrades</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Home deadline for energy efficiency improvements tax credits under The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act ("the stimulus package"), has been extended until December 31<sup>st</sup> to meet the 2010. The stimulus package authorizes a whopping 30% write-off on eligible improvements (up to $1,500 combined for almost all improvements&#8212;with some important exceptions). So what qualifies? Here's a list.]]></description>
		<link>http://altbuildingservices.com/2010/03/11/list-of-arra-qualified-energy-efficiency-upgrades/</link>
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		<title>Is Over Regulation Creating Abandoned Homes?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The time and cost to complete building projects new and old is increasing thanks to the bulging size of building codes, environmental regulations, and land use concerns. Is this leading to an increasing number of older homes being abandoned left to rot, rather than being restored or removed?]]></description>
		<link>http://altbuildingservices.com/2010/03/05/is-over-regulation-creating-abandoned-homes/</link>
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		<title>ClimateGate The Best Thing to Happen To The Green Movement</title>
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You&#8217;ve probably heard all about it: The infamous emails that started it all, the gallons of ink spent telling everyone what it meant, the grudging admission of&#160; Phil Jones, the head of the University of East Anglia&#8217;s Climate Research Unit at the time (the scandal forced him to step down), that there has been no [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://altbuildingservices.com/2010/02/26/climategate-the-best-thing-to-happen-to-the-green-movement/</link>
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		<title>The Park Project: Streams &amp; Species &amp; Trails, Oh My!</title>
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Click on the photos to enlarge





A shot of the expansion area. Some of the trees will stay, some will be removed to make space for the RV stalls. The other plants will be replanted along the edge of the creek.





A lovely view of Widow White Creek. That white stuff way down there is soap, unfortunately.





Here&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://altbuildingservices.com/2010/02/15/environmental-and-stream-restoration-on-the-park-project/</link>
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		<title>The Deep Seated Problems Behind LEED and the Other Green Building Programs</title>
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The following article, written by Michael Anschel, is reprinted from Remodeling with both their, and the author&#8217;s permission:
Ah HA!
It came to me over a series of tweets. An epiphany of sorts, if you will.
The problem with all these green building programs (including the one I helped create) is the thought process that the user is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://altbuildingservices.com/2010/02/10/the-deep-seated-problems-behind-green-building-certification-programs-and-a-solution/</link>
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		<title>VIDEO: Seamlessly Blending Our Buildings and Their Environment</title>
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Ever driven through a development, or looked at a building and said: &#8220;Wow! That sticks out like a sore thumb.&#8221; I&#8217;ll bet you have, and so have I. For decades, maybe millennium, man has treated the process of building as one that tames nature. We defeat her, overcome her, bring her to heel.
But there&#8217;s another [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://altbuildingservices.com/2010/01/29/seamlessly-blending-our-buildings-and-their-environment/</link>
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		<title>Why The Home Improvement Business Stinks&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many of us have been in the building industry for a long time. Not just for love of craft, but also because we love enhancing people's lives by improving their living spaces. But now many people are choosing contractors based purely on price rather than quality, experience, and professionalism..]]></description>
		<link>http://altbuildingservices.com/2010/01/15/why-the-home-improvement-business-stinks/</link>
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		<title>A Custom Designed Vintage Wine Cellar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you're a wine enthusiast you might be considering a custom wine cellar. Here we take a look at just such a project, step by step, from tear out to completion.]]></description>
		<link>http://altbuildingservices.com/2010/01/11/a-custom-designed-vintage-wine-cellar/</link>
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		<title>Warning! Bids Gone Wild!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When the bids on your job run all over the place it's a warning sign you should not miss!]]></description>
		<link>http://altbuildingservices.com/2009/12/28/warning-bids-gone-wild/</link>
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		<title>The Park Project</title>
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Model of the bathroom: The walls are CMU block, sealed and painted; the siding is Hardy prepainted &#8220;Select Cedarmill&#8221;; the roof is Certainteed &#8220;prchestnut&#8221;; the doors into the mens and women&#8217;s restrooms are Thermatru Smooth-Star Fiberglass entry doors; the central gate is custom made wrought iron and leads into a maintenance space that contains all [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://altbuildingservices.com/2009/11/27/an-rv-park-development-project/</link>
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