Justin Wolf

1 week ago | metropolismag.com | Justin Wolf

TRANSPARENT AND CLEAR, I GIVE SIGHT TO ALL. IN FRAMES OR IN BUILDINGS, I STAND TALL. WHAT AM I? The answer to this riddle is glass. The role of glazing in sustainable and healthy buildings is becoming clearer (pun intended) than ever before. On a basic level, windows provide views and daylight—two simple amenities that can be powerfully transformative for how a building feels to the people in it.

2 weeks ago | energysage.com | Justin Wolf |Alix Langone

California has long been a leader in solar adoption in the U.S., but a new bill gutting the state’s net metering policy would deal a sharp blow to solar homeowners in the Golden state. With the help of favorable government policies and incentives spurring the expansion of solar deployment, California became a solar-friendly state for homeowners looking to save money while living more sustainably.

1 month ago | greenbuildingadvisor.com | Justin Wolf

America isn’t building enough homes. There are numerous reasons for this: retrograde zoning laws, worker shortages, trade tariffs, a lack of unionized labor (at least in certain regions), and the list goes on. It is a complex problem with no silver bullet. If there is an X factor, it’s speed. We don’t build fast enough, and each of the reasons listed above inform this tangential truth.

1 month ago | greenbuildingadvisor.com | Justin Wolf

The Energy Star program has been around for about as long as the internet. Jointly overseen by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Energy (DOE), Energy Star was launched in 1992 to designate and promote energy efficient appliances. But the program’s significance stems less so from when it was created than how it came about. Energy Star was created as part of the 1990 Clean Air Act, the law that broadly defines the EPA’s responsibilities for improving air quality.

1 month ago | greenbuildingadvisor.com | Justin Wolf

South Harpswell sits at the end of a narrow peninsula, facing due southwest toward Casco Bay. Like a lot of coastal hamlets in Maine’s mid-coast and Downeast regions, the land formations are long and irregular, resembling flecks of paint being thrown onto a canvas from a distance. In other words, the topography is unique.