Tomorrow Ely is heading to Seattle for the Affordable Comfort Inc. Northwest Home Performance Conference. This two day conference will focus on home performance and weatherization with sessions ranging from crawlspaces…
Will Wheaton, one of Chuckanut Builders newest employees, found his way to ChuB by interviewing us! Will was in a Sustainable Business class at Western Washington University and wanted to…
Last week Chuckanut Builders hosted a Reclaimed Materials Workshop in conjunction with Sustainable Connections and it was great. About 30 folks attended the workshop, representing homeowners, contractors, designers and more. The…
This week Forest headed to Scottsdale, Arizona for the Excellence in Building Conference. This conference is put on by the Energy and Environmental Building Alliance (EEBA). The EEBA provides a…
Have you noticed all of the solar panels popping up around town lately? Chances are pretty good that Itek Energy made them. Itek Energy is a Bellingham based solar panel manufacturer…
A few weeks ago we met with Evan Marczynski from the Bellingham Business Journal to chat about solar power, locally produced solar panels and the Community Energy Challenge. This article spurred from…
As building science nerds we understand the importance of weatherizing homes and we want our clients to as well! So we made this quick video that outlines what weatherization is…
Look at all of those solar panels! We recently partnered with Western Solar on the 3rd largest solar array in Bellingham. Western Solar installed the panels and we installed a roof hatch…
As we reflect on 2011 we're feeling a healthy dose of gratitude for our amazing community and the great crew, clients and subcontractors we are lucky enough to work with…
The Community Energy Challenge (CEC) will host a community celebration for the completion of 500 home energy assessments, helping more than 200 local homes complete energy efficiency retrofits. The event…