The Green Dream Gets a Third Floor
I can't believe it, but the entire box is now up. All the wall and roof panels have been installed. As you may recall the second floor was a bit of a learning curve for everyone, but when it came to...
View ArticleVideo: Two Weeks Of Green Dream Building Time-Lapsed Into Two Minutes
If you're building a house using brand new technology and it seems like you're spending a lot of "build" time standing, staring and walking in circles, I have some advice for you: don't mount a camera...
View ArticleGreen Dream: Installing a Rooftop Garden
What’s a green home without actual greenery? I wanted my eco-friendly house to feel more connected to nature, so I turned the flat stretches of roof into gardens. Rooftop flora is not only scenic, but...
View ArticleThe Green Dream: A Wireless Lighting System Makes Electrical Switches Portable
Most houses require hundreds of feet of electrical wire to connect light switches to a main power source, but not my eco-friendly dream home. I’ve installed a wireless lighting system called Verve...
View ArticleThe Green Dream Gets Siding, a Roof and a Window Nightmare
A new update from John B. Carnett, PopSci's_ staff photographer who is using the latest green technology to build his dream home. Read more Green Dream posts here_ It's been a long winter. Once the...
View ArticleThe Green Dream: Going Gray, Saving Blue
Just because residential water is cheap and plentiful here in upstate New York is no reason to waste it, and the average household does plenty of wasting: A single flush consumes three to seven...
View ArticleMaking the Makerbot, A DIY 3-D Printer
It sounds like the promise of an ad in the back of a PopSci issue from the 1950s. Build your own replicating machine! Make anything you desire in your own garage! But that's exactly what veteran...
View ArticleThe Green Dream: Hard-Won Advice From a Proud and Exhausted Green Builder
Fifteen months ago, I set out to fulfill a lifelong ambition of building my own home using the latest green technology. On a $350,000 budget, several dreams came true. I installed a solar-powered...
View ArticleReader Project of the Month: The Jet-Powered Lawn Tractor
A few years ago, R. Bruce McDonald figured it was time to do something unique with his 1966 Cub Cadet. The obvious solution was of course to remove the stock 12 HP Kohler engine and replace it with a...
View ArticleMan's Best Friend Gets a High-Tech Home
Pearl, my beloved labradoodle, dutifully watched me build myself a new house for the past three years. So when I was almost finished, I decided to build her a place of her own. A standard model just...
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