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Before and After

This family’s taste was craftsman or mission; they purchased a house in a 1980’s development and wanted to change the feel of the exterior. New hard-plank siding, front entrance, stone work,garage doors, and screened porch accomplished the goal, with numerous changes of detail such as the brackets at the roof eaves. Collaborative design with Greenbuilders, the clients, and architect Julie Gabrielli.

Here are some fun before and after images from the project! Continue Reading…

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Thatch Dash Before Winter’s First Snow!

Greenbuilders brought the thatch from Turkey and the thatch master from Ireland for an exciting mad dash of thatching before winter’s first snow! Here is a quick glance of the process of building thatch roofs in action, filmed by Greenbuilders’ founder, Polly Bart. Continue Reading…

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Contemporary Interiors

Green doesn’t have to be funky or blah. Here, real Bolivian rosewood (the stripes of sapwood are natural) forms the floor and the wood is Forest Stewardship Certified (FSC) sustainable, the highest standard available in the industry. The countertops are soapstone, quarried in Virginia, a material once used by the Native Americans in the area and later very common in laboratories because, unlike granite or marble, it is resistant to virtually all stains, and may safely hold a pot right from the stove.

The home had radiator heat; there was capacity on the boiler, but no room for a radiator in this sleek renovated kitchen. We laid radiant heat tubing between the floor joists, using a separate circuit from the boiler with its own thermostat, producing cozy comfort with virtually no increase in heating cost.

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Thank you for keeping us “Best of Baltimore”

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Quote of the Year

"What can a PhD with a tool belt do that other contractors can't? If it's Polly Bart of Greenbuilders, she can undertake expert home construction, remodeling and additions using all the latest eco-friendly materials and strategies, including strawbale products, maximum use of passive light, solar panels, green roofs and heat pumps. The brains behind countless LEED-certified projects for commercial and government clients, Bart gets rave reviews for her award-winning green solutions to construction."

- Best of Baltimore issue, Baltimore Magazine, August 2011

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