Kick the Fossil Fuel Habit, Build A Yankee Barn Home
There had never been a better time to consider building with a non-fossil fuel energy source.
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How to Design and Build Energy Efficient Homes
Yankee Barn Homes offers guidelines for designing and building energy efficient homes.
Panelized Homes: We’re In On The Secret to Energy Efficiency
Prefab homes used to bring to mind images of homes that were, shall we say, less than grand. But that was then. Today, Yankee Barn Homes panelized construction system produces beautiful homes with superior energy efficiency. Prefabrication has come a l-o-n-g way since the 1960s and YBH is at the forefront of the panelized build movement. Common wisdom on prefab homes is this: they are higher quality, more sustainable than stick-built, and…
Sheri Koones Prefabulous World: YBH Featured
Yankee Barn Homes is thrilled to be featured in the latest book from Sheri Koones Prefabulous World: Energy-Efficient and Sustainable Homes Around the Globe. As the fourth book in the Prefabulous series, Sheri once again shatters the myth about the prefabricated home. In this book Ms Koones takes you from country to country, with the…
4 Ways Yankee Barn Homes Are Living Green
While you don’t hear so much about it in some circles lately, we at Yankee Barn Homes understand many people are still concerned with the effects on the environment when building and occupying a new home; they want to be ” living green”. Therefore, we would like to explain how and why we are a…
A Barn Raising in Vermont: Up In Two Weeks
I watched this barn go up. azithromycin online purchase It was an amazing thing to see the process from start to finish, and I kid you not, this barn was built in fourteen days. The owner is a gentlemen farmer and needed housing for his sheep and he needed it NOW. So that’s what he…
The Post & Beam Outdoor Room
Beam Outdoor Room, it never fails; at this time of year my attention turns outside. Having survived another winter, I’m feeling as though I want to spend as much time as possible outdoors. Once the yard is cleaned up and the gardens tended (okay, those two things are ongoing, months-long projects), it’s time to kick…
My Outdoor Shower Kicks Butt!!
I have to tell you, my outdoor shower is the 8th Wonder of the World! When my husband first mentioned having one, I pooh-poohed the idea as an extravagance. Well, not any more!! If you love the out of doors and have an area that will accommodate one, I say forget the screened-in porch, forget…
It’s True, Green is the New Black!
Building green isn’t just about catch phrases like carbon footprint, energy star rating and using expensive trendy flooring like bamboo. It’s not about labels and trademarks, but creating a healthier environment for ourselves and our family and friends to enjoy. Unhealthy chemicals are all around us. They are in everything we touch, breath, and sleep…