Top 5 Solar Battery Solutions for Homes (And One You Might Not Expect)
Forward by Ian Thompson, Editor at The Build Review: Do you use a solar battery solution for your…
Top 5 Solar Energy Advances Using Perovskites
Continuing on from last week’s post about Tesla’s solar roof (Link) Matt Ferrell discusses the future of solar…
Is Geothermal Heating and Cooling Worth the Cost? Heat Pumps Explained
When building a house, homeowners have several ways to power their heating and cooling systems, like oil, natural…
I Didn’t Know A Prefabricated House Could Do This!
Build Review Author Matt Ferrell takes us on his personal journey building a net zero prefabricated house in…
Building My Net Zero Prefabricated House
Today Associate Build Review Author Matt Ferrell takes us on his personal journey building a net zero prefabricated…
Thinking about Using A Heat Pump on your Next Building Project?
The Build Review’s Associate Author Matt Ferrell discusses the Truth About Heat Pumps and Cold Weather. Heat pumps…
My Biggest Regret Building a Net Zero Home
Net Zero Home Build: My Biggest Regret Building My New House. There are a lot of different paths you can take to get to a net-zero home. Everything from passive homes to earthships to modular and factory built houses. You can retrofit an existing building or you can build a new one.
The Challenges of a Wind Turbine on Your Home
We’ve seen wind turbines popping up everywhere in the last few years for grid scale renewable energy installations. Solar panels for home has been a disruptive technology, but what if we could scale down wind turbines and install them on our home?
The Truth About 3D Printed Homes
The Truth About 3D Printed Homes. 3D printing may reshape the world canvas for good. Like many inventions, 3D printed homes been hyped up over the last few years. Like the Icon 3D printed homes in Austin, Texas. But what if I told you that Italian architects designed the world’s first 3D printed house out of dirt…yep, dirt. Clearly, the hype hasn’t bitten the dust yet.
Exploring How This Plant Could Replace Concrete
Exploring How This Plant Could Replace Concrete. We've already explored tiny homes, earthships, passive homes, and also modular homes as more efficient and sustainable alternatives to traditional houses. But what if you could build sustainable homes or apartment buildings that's not only fire-resistant like concrete, but also more efficient and sustainable than conventional homes?
