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Brandon Weiss Elected As HBA Liaison for USGBC IL Residential Green Building Committee
Brandon Weiss, owner of Weiss Building & Development LLC, was recently elected to serve on the USGBC Illinois Chapter’s Residential Green Building Committee. He was voted to become the Residential Green Building Committees liaison to the various home builders...
High Performance and Durability Homes At Market Prices
Weiss Building & Development LLC introduces yet another first of a kind project in Illinois by completing the first DOE (US Department of Energy) Challenge Home in the state. Challenge Home is the DOE’s new program that certifies homes to not only a high level of...
Chicagoland’s First Certified Passive House : Part 3 of 3
WBD’s last entry and additional Q&A surrounding Chicago’s first Passive House project: So why wouldn’t you build a passive house? I can’t tell you how many times people came through the house under construction at our various construction tours and after the tour...
Building Health Into Homes : Part 2 of 2
Building a home to a high level of indoor air quality starts at the very beginning with framing materials, glues, and plywood. It is not simply a wait to the finish stage and use Low VOC paints. We did a lot of legwork to find the best materials to reach our goal of...
Chicagoland’s First Certified Passive House: Part 2
Following the last blog post on Chicago’s First Certified Passive House, built by WBD, read on to hear common Q&A surrounding this type of home (See April 2013 Archive For or scroll down forPart 1): Shouldn’t My House Breathe? Your house should definitely breathe,...