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Amherst, Massachusetts

Our home is a 120-year-old farmhouse in downtown Amherst, MA. At the time of purchase, it had no insulation in the walls or attic, was heated by an oil furnace from the early 20th century, and was...

Westwood, Massachusetts

The inspiration for this house came from three sources: Marc Rosenbaum (especially the Hanover NH house), Carter Scott (Transformations Inc. and the Coppersmith Way development in Townsend MA) and...

Clifton Park, New York

Conducting an energy retrofit of our first home, a neglected 1852 Greek Revival, provided us with hands on experience and knowledge. We were looking for a new project and were alerted to a vacant...

Brandon, Vermont

It was hard to think of moving from the great energy-efficient solar house I had built nine years earlier in Burlington, VT, but I wanted to be closer to my daughter. Looking for housing in...

Northampton, Massachusetts

#21 Laurel Street is one of four homes built by Transformations in the Southern part of the Village Hill community development by MassDevelopment.  When the 2015 homes are summarized, #21 Laurel...

Portland, Oregon

The Carlsson Family Home is a 3,157 square foot home built by Birdsmouth Construction in Portland Oregon. Construction began in July of 2014 and the home was completed in June of 2015. The...

Northampton, Massachusetts

15 Laurel Street, Northampton is the first Transformations, Inc. home to be completed under the Massachusetts Department of Energy Pathway to Zero grant program.  This HERS -9 home was completed...

Pacifica, California

Ten years in, we're still happy with what we did, though several improvements are still on the wish list.

 

The project was driven by the confluence of several environmental...

Clovis, California

De Young Properties designed and built a Zero Net Energy (ZNE) home in Clovis, CA. The ZNE-design goal was set at source-energy ZNE [1] during the design stage. The source-energy ZNE criterion...

Putney, Vermont

“This is not just a gym…We want this to be a place where our students can learn about being environmentally responsible, so that later in life, when they are making choices, they can say, ‘It’...

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