Green Building Blog

Keeping up on the latest energy efficiency and sustainability topics isn’t easy. We’ve provided a few of our favorites articles on green building and energy efficiency.

"Half Of Non-Residential Buildings Will Be Green By 2015 -Study"
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"Saving Energy - It Starts At Home"
National Geographic - March 2009
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"Folsom House Gets "Green" Design Standard
KCRA News - February 20, 2009
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"How to Go Green in Hard Times"
Wall Street Journal - February 9, 2009
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"New Folsom Project Takes Energy Efficiency to the Extreme"
California Builder Magazine - January/February 2009
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"New house in Folsom rated one of greenest in U.S.
Sacramento Bee - January 7, 2009
www.sacbee.com/ourregion/v-print/story/1521947.html

RJ Walter Homes awarded "Green Builder Home of the Year" - 2008
www.greenbuildermag.com - Click on December 2008 issue

"No Furnaces but Heat Aplenty in ‘Passive Houses"  
The New York Times - December 27, 2008
www.nytimes.com/2008/12/27/world/europe/27house.html

Home of the Future Takes Top Honors - December 16, 2008

Ultra Energy Efficient Home Unveiled
Central Valley Business Times - October 6, 2008
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Ultra-Energy-Efficient "Home of the Future" is Complete
Sustainable Home - September 12, 2008
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SMUD, NREL & RJ Walter Homes Unveil Home with $24 monthly Energy Bill
Green Energy News - September 10, 2008
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"Home of the Future" Helps Buyers Escape Prison of High Energy Bills
Project Green House Profile - HousingZone - September 2008
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Home is as ‘green’ as it gets - Sacramento Bee
Folsom house touted as U.S. showpiece - To drive up to the three-bedroom, two-bath bungalow being assembled in a historic residential neighborhood near downtown Folsom, you'd never suspect it's anything monumental...

Home Green Home - Folsom Style Magazine - August 2008
If eco-responsibility is neccesary for the future of a healthy earth, then it is only fitting that Folsom welcome the Home of the Future - an "ultra-efficient" residential bungalow constructed by local builder, Bob Walter in partnership with SMUD...