NW Ecobuilding Guild Green Building Slam
After years of attending green building conferences we're moving from the audience to the stage! In early November we are presenting at the Northwest Green Building Slam. The Green Building Slam is…
What resistance looks like at Chuckanut Builders
What resistance looks like at Chuckanut Builders Earlier this week we received an email from Aaron Fairchild. Aaron is the CEO of Green Canopy Homes. He suggested resisting the current administration…
Planning for spring projects
Every year prospective clients call us after the winter holidays and ask if we can start their project in April. We always have to break the news that 1). Our calendar…
Rainscreen and cork insulation details
The crew is installing exterior cork insulation and rainscreen details at the Bright Green project this week. If you want to check it out first hand join us at on…
Cork insulation and thermal bridging
Today we had a semi-trailer load of cork insulation delivered. A full sized semi-trailer. That's alot of cork insulation. Building performance is a regular topic of conversation at ChuB headquarters, but lately the conversation…
Looking at the CEC and greenhouse gas emissions savings
Major Kelly Linville proclaimed 2016 the Year of Energy for Bellingham. That announcement was the perfect catalyst for us to share details about the Community Energy Challenge (CEC). This awesome program…
Help us save the world
If you're fired up about saving the world and think one of the best ways to combat global climate change is by improving existing building stock we might have the…
Lovely, little green roof
We recently built a green roof for a client and thought we'd share some photos of the finished the project. Mike built the roof and Northwest Rain Solutions installed the growing medium…
A hybrid weather proof barrier system
One of our current projects involves a second story dormer addition. We opted for a hybrid system using Zip Panels and Prosoco seam and joint filler for our weather resistive barrier. The seam…
Grants available for Toward Net Zero retrofits in Bellingham!
Toward Net Zero retrofits If you've been on the fence about doing a deep energy retrofit now is the time to get off of that fence! The Community Energy Challenge is…