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The Green Dream Gets Ready for a Green Roof

Insulated Roof The roof with the first layer, the tapered insulation, in place. The slope goes from 6.5 inches to 1/4-inch to direct water to the scuppers, essentially drains that channel runoff to...

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The Green Dream Gets Ready for a Green Roof

Dek ArrayThe final layer is TPO, a thermoplastic membrane that gets rolled out and glued on top of the DensDeck.

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Green Dream: Custom-Made Aluminum Windows Save Money and Energy

Clearly Efficient John B. Carnett, PopSci’s staff photographer, is using the latest green technology to build his dream home. Follow his progress at popsci.com/greendream. Peter Bollinger With the...

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The Green Dream Gets a Third Floor

Green Dream: The Full Box A snap from our time-lapse rig shows all the third-floor and roof panels in place and the Zip board going on . . . John B. Carnett View Photo GalleryI can't believe it, but...

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The Green Dream Gets a Third Floor

Dek The roof is on, the walls are up and it finally looks like a house ArrayHere you can see the radius of the two curved roof areas. If you look closely, you can see hundreds of metal truss screws...

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Video: Two Weeks Of Green Dream Building Time-Lapsed Into Two Minutes

Green Dream Time Lapse John B. Carnett 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...

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Green Dream: Installing a Rooftop Garden

The Green Dream: Vertical Garden John B. Carnett, PopSci's staff photographer, is using the latest green technology to build his dream home. Follow his progress in each issue, and visit...

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The Green Dream: A Wireless Lighting System Makes Electrical Switches Portable

The Green Dream at Night John B. Carnett, PopSci's staff photographer, is using the latest green technology to build his dream home. Follow his progress in each issue, and visit popsci.com/greendream...

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The Green Dream Gets Siding, a Roof and a Window Nightmare

Green Dream - Nearly There It has been an incredible education. The lack of performance from the window company has placed my entire project more than five months behind schedule. I had to hire...

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The Green Dream: Going Gray, Saving Blue

Green Dream: The Specs House: 3,500-square-foot, four-bedroom contemporary Location: Greenwich, N.Y. Project: Install graywater recycling Cost: About $2,600 ($1,400 for the system; $1,200 for...

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Making the Makerbot, A DIY 3-D Printer

Cupcake CNC The kit requires only some simple bolt-together assembly and basic surface-mount soldering. A simpler software interface is currently in the works. John B. Carnett View Photo GalleryIt...

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Gallery: Making the Makerbot

Dek ArrayThe fully functional extruder undergoing a trial run to get the ABS plastic dialed in.

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The Green Dream: Hard-Won Advice From a Proud and Exhausted Green Builder

Bringing It All Home House: 3,500-square-foot, four-bedroom contemporary Location: Greenwich, N.Y. Budget: $350,000 John B. Carnett Fifteen months ago, I set out to fulfill a lifelong ambition of...

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Reader Project of the Month: The Jet-Powered Lawn Tractor

Bruce McDonald's Jet-Powered Lawn Tractor Courtesy R. Bruce McDonald View Photo GalleryA few years ago, R. Bruce McDonald figured it was time to do something unique with his 1966 Cub Cadet. The...

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Man's Best Friend Gets a High-Tech Home

Animal House Illustration: Greg Maxson; Photograph John B. Carnett Pearl, my beloved labradoodle, dutifully watched me build myself a new house for the past three years. So when I was almost finished,...

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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...

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Video: 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...

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Green 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...

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The 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...

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The 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...

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