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Frustrated with complicated and restrictive green-building
certification programs and the under-enforced building code, a
group of architects and builders in Portland, Maine, came up with
the idea of the Pretty Good House. What, they asked, should you
include in a house that does right for its inhabitants and the
planet, but that does not go beyond reasonable environmental or
financial payback? In a nutshell, a Pretty Good House is a house
that's as small as possible (remember The Not So Big House?); it is
simple and durable, but also well designed; it uses wood and
plant-derived products as construction materials; it includes
photovoltaic panels or is PV-ready; it should be insulated and
air-sealed well enough that heating and cooling systems can be
minimal, and, above all, it is affordable, healthy, responsible,
and resilient.
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