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.

    • Insulation – a key component for energy efficient green buildings.

      Insulation is one of the most important aspects to consider when looking at the energy performance and potential savings for your project. Especially on residential projects, the standard code required insulation is quite insufficient and leaves much room for improvement. When thinking about improved energy improvement and especially the introduction of alternative or renewable energy,…

    • Water Issues – part II

      Water remains my favorite and most important issue when addressing green building concerns. It is certainly not the most important topic when looking at the various certification checklists, like the USGBC LEED rating system. It finally received a prerequisite in the last update, but is dwarfed in the overall point scale by considerations for energy…

    • Sustainable Design – Green Building… What does it all mean?

      It is with great pleasure that I continue to lecture on how to green your home and business, provide workshops on green building certification and continue teaching about contemporary sustainable design at the University of Miami. Still, I frequently get the same question when noting that my architectural business focuses on sustainable design: What is…

    • Miami’s Favorite Building…

      Recently I was asked a simple question, at least a simple question for a practicing architect and designer: What is your favorite building in Miami? Immediately a number of structures came to mind, none of which I actually really liked. Worse, I could not think of a single building that either embodies something spectacular from…

    • Renovation of Murphy residence kitchen – South Miami Aveenue – Miami, Florida

      SEA is proud to have completed another great kitchen upgrade. The home of Mr. Bill Murphy along historic South Miami avenue built in the 1950’s was the target and provided the grounds for the latest completion. The original kitchen was nestled in the front of the house separated by a saloon style door. Adjacent to…

    • Renovation of Murphy residence kitchen – South Miami Avenue, Miami, Florida

      SEA is proud to have completed another great kitchen upgrade. The home of Mr. Bill Murphy along historic South Miami avenue built in the 1950’s was the target and provided the grounds for the latest completion. The original kitchen was nestled in the front of the house separated by a saloon style door. Adjacent to…

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