A site about Green Building Projects, Tips & Tricks, and Ideas for Sustainable Improvements.

Discover practical, design-forward ways to green your home, small business, or development project—whether you’re making a simple upgrade, planning a renovation or addition, or building from the ground up.

Explore categories focused on water and energy efficiency, waste reduction, improved indoor air quality, sustainable landscaping, and best-practice strategies to help future-proof your project.

Written and orchestrated by Sebastian Eilert, AIA
Principal of Sebastian Eilert Architecture.

  • Age in Place, Part III: Technology

    After understating the general concept of aging in place found here: und further the required physical connections found here: the next piece of the puzzle to look at the way technology contributes to the age in pace concept. There are two main areas to understand for the aging in place concept integration with technology: the…

  • Miami Tiny houses

    The tiny house concept, or micro living concept, movement is attracting increased popularity within the US. While it is not a new concept in many other parts of the globe, the awareness and conscious use of space is a relatively new phenomena on this vast continent. Previous planning and construction theories and methods do not…

  • Some US – German incentives for Green building…

    Over the past 40 years, Germany has maintained a leading position in environmental incentives and benefit programs. The incentives have ranged from PV systems (photo-voltaic), to insulation and windows. What have they done? Is there anything the United States environmental policy makers could learn from Germany’s forward thinking? The policies encompass many different categories, but…

  • Design highlights. The Kitchen:

    Kitchens are the number one request when looking to improve an existing home and are a vital key feature of any new design. New home projects allow to create kitchens as a feature of the overall style and are comparatively easy to design to the liking of the client. L-shape kitchen with recessed refrigerator –…

  • Age in Place, Part II: Connect-ability

    This post is building on the previous post – Age in Place – Increased focus of future design. Another key aspect to aging in place is to look beyond the actual building or space itself, and consider the larger context the living space is sitting in. In order to have a functioning aging in place…

  • Building information modeling, or BIM, is the newest generation of software used for design and creation of documents for architectural projects.

    For thousands of years, architecture has been worked the same way. The tools have changed, from drawings on papyrus or chipped into stone, to drafting on velum and blueprints. The shift to CAD, computer aided design or drafting, was a major shift in the speed of production but doesn’t really change the way architects work.…

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