Controlling Pollutants Caused by Cooking
November 2016
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Operating At Net Zero Energy
March 2016
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]by Paul Eldrenkamp and Rachel White
A few months ago we completed a deep energy retrofit of a house that we hope will be net-zero energy—in o...Read MoreIce Dam It: Don’t Get Mad, Get Insulation (and Air Sealing)
December 2015
by Paul Eldrenkamp
Whenever we suffer a severe winter, our phones ring off the hook with calls from people with ice dams who are none too happy about it. By this point though damage is al...Read MoreSound Decisions: Designing for Acoustical Comfort
September 2015
by Rachel White
Over the course of our 30+ years in business we could count on two hands the number of renovations where acoustics played a major role. While we have occasionally...Read MoreBringing Your Renovation To Life
June 2015
by Rachel White
Designing a renovation is a collaborative process at Byggmeister. Between the time we first visit a house and sign a construction contract, several members of our...Read MoreThe Best Little Internship in Massachusetts
March 2015
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]by Paul Eldrenkamp
The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (Mass CEC) is a ratepayer-funded public agency charged with promoting the cl...Read MorePlanning For Net Zero Energy
January 2015
by Rachel White
This is the second in a series of posts on a deep energy retrofit project in Lexington (click Read MoreSustainability, Scandinavian Style
December 2014
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]by Paul Eldrenkamp
This past October I was in Sweden and Denmark with four colleagues from the Read MorePreparing a Historic Home for the Next 100 Years
September 2014
by Paul Eldrenkamp
We're passionate about fixing older homes. Most if not all of our projects could be summed up as follows: we adapted a dated, inefficient, and dysfunctional, but otherw...Read MoreWhy and How We Strive to Avoid Additions
January 2014
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