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Instructor Mark Chalom's project named Green Home of the Year

By Kate Stephenson, Executive Director
Albuouquerque JournalSunday, November 23, 2008 Santa Fe Residence Named Green Home of the Year Santa Fe architect Mark Chalom has won the 2009 Su Casa Magazine/Build Green New Mexico award for Green Home of the Year by pushing sustainable building to a new level of overall excellence. Chalom won for the Santa Fe area Bechtold residence, which had...

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Yestermorrow at GreenBuild

By Kate Stephenson, Executive Director
Yestermorrow has hit GreenBuild by storm-- this year's annual US Green Building Council conference is in Boston this week and Yestermorrow is well represented. We have a booth (#463- come say hi!) which we're sharing with our friends from the VT chapter of the Congress of Residential Architecture (including YM faculty John Connell, Daniel Johnson...

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Thinking about going solar next year?

By Kate Stephenson, Executive Director
NEW SOLAR INCENTIVESBeginning in 2009, the $2,000 cap on photovoltaic systems will be lifted and the 30% Investment Tax Credit (ITC) will apply to the entire system cost. The $2,000 ITC cap on solar hot water systems remains. Detailed information on federal and state rebates, incentives and tax credits for all solar technologies and energy...

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Whole Systems Design Completes New Studio

By Kate Stephenson, Executive Director
Our friends and colleagues at Whole Systems Design in Moretown, VT have recently completed a beautiful new studio and shop. The WSD team includes many Yestermorrow faculty and alumni, including Ben Falk, Michael Blazewicz, Buzz Ferver, Keith Morris and Micah Whitman. The WSD team now operates out of a dual purpose studio-workshop that models...

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