Detroit’s Green Task Force Looks Toward Benchmarking, PACE, Energy Codes
The Energy Waste Reduction Committee of the Detroit Green Task Force met yesterday morning to talk shop for the last
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An Artist Received A Lucrative Commission To Paint A Soviet Mural Of Cookie Monster. The Patron Wasn’t The Building Owner.
A strange tale from Peoria, Illinois involving an angry building owner, a mysterious art commission, and a mural.
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DIY Energy Tips: Insulating Boiler Pipe
Got a boiler? Insulate your pipes to save you some bucks.
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MPSC December Meeting: Neighborhood-Level Equity and Energy
Dr. Tony G. Reames of the University of Michigan, Briana Parker of Elevate Energy, and others presented at an MPSC meeting on some approaches to the question of equity in energy efficiency for low-income communities and communities of color.
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Awake, East Warren! Dreaming Mixed-Use in Detroit’s Farthest-Flung Corridor
A new, mid-density development project on Detroit’s far east side is materializing, heralding a new dawn for a corridor that has struggled with autocentric, low density and disinvestment for decades.
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Facing A Crisis of COVID, Evictions, and Utility Shutoffs
COVID19 is exposing a particularly ugly nexus between energy insecurity and housing insecurity, referred to in a few separate presentations at a recent workgroup meeting of the Michigan Public Service Commission.
Read MoreHandbuilt: Gratitude and Resilience In The Strangest Year On Record
LAST NIGHT, MY PARTNER AND I SAT AT THE DINING TABLE THAT CAME INCLUDED WITH OUR 1895 HOUSE in Southwest
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Windsor: A Red-Hot Market Goes Full Steam Ahead On ADU’s
A constrained housing market in Windsor, Ontario, Detroit’s southern neighbor, is driving some developers to consider an increasingly popular alternative for density– in the form of the accessory dwelling unit.
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COVID, Bad Data, And The Rural-Urban Media Divide
In recent weeks, a lot of Americans in major metro areas have looked at the daily COVID case counts around
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Rehabbed or Pre-Habbed? Two Approaches To Distressed Real Estate
Handbuilt’s approach to real estate development involves taking guesswork out of the equation at the beginning of a project by creating a set of construction schedules, scopes, scans, and images using a Matterport camera.
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