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Meadowlark Design+Build Blog

Green Building (3)

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One-Room Schoolhouse Restoration

Drive by Meadowlark’s offices at 3250 West Liberty Road, and you can see the exterior renovation of the former Arabelle Wagner School, a classic...

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Shades of Green Building

What makes building materials green? In our mission to make better buildings, we have found that, all too often, a product simply cannot be 100%...

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How to Keep Your Home Cool

As the temperature and humidity rises, so does the cost of cooling our homes. It’s easy to turn on air conditioners to keep the heat down, but we...

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Construction for Dummies: Passive House Wall Construction

Construction on this Meadowlark house includes a different type of exterior wall, roof and foundation construction — or thermal envelope. Why?...

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Bringing it Home and Keeping it All in the Family

We have stepped outside of our usual geographic area and headed north to Midland to help build a home that we are pretty darn excited about. With...

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The Green Country Ranch

This home has earned the nickname “Green Country Ranch.” Depending on your particular inclinations, you can see it as a ranch house that is resource...

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Meadowlark gets another nod from the Detroit Free Press

Showcasing a LEED Platinum Whole House Remodel Once again, we owe a big shoutout to Judy Rose at the Detroit Free Press for her wonderful article on...

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Ann Arbor’s MLive Covers Future-Ready Green Home

Lizzy Alfs’s MLive article, “Lower Burns Park house converted to deep green single-family home,” showcases Meadowlark’s recently finished gut/rehab...

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