Seek HERS Rating for Energy Efficiency Proof

The only rating currently offering quantifiable and comparable insight for a homeowner/buyer regarding monthly utility costs is the Home Energy Rating System, most often referred to as the HERS Index. A HERS Rating number is […]

HERS is your MPG when seeking a Sustainable Home

Sustainable Home by Envirohaven® Looking for a Sustainable Home? The HERS Rating Is Your MPG Rating- Part One of Two Why aren’t we demanding an MPG rating for our homes? A 2014 Neilson survey  found […]

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Haven® Sustainable Home Wins Big At Builders Association Awards

Thank you Builders Association of Northern Nevada (BANN) judges and Frame Architecture for honoring the Haven® sustainable home design in two categories of the 2015 BANN-er Awards; Best Custom Home Under $250,000 and Best Use of […]

Energy Vampires Suck For Sustainable Homes

Envirohaven Nominated for Sustainable Design as Leader in Sustainability

Off-Grid Rural Nevada Haven® Home; Inside Tour

Solar Thermal Systems: 2015 Energy Conservation Regulations

We are all guilty of using a little too much hot water in our daily routines. While doing this, water heaters can be taken for granted. Regulations for energy conservation are continuously improving and changing […]

The Wonderous Bucky Fuller; Father of the Geodesic Dome Home

Life in a Sustainable Haven™ Home, Chapter 4: Earth tube cooled air

After keeping comfortable with relatively little effort and cost all winter, we were a bit nervous about how comfortable our sustainable Haven™ home would be when temps heat up during the summer time, without mechanical air-conditioning […]

Off-Grid Building: The Haven™

Last fall six of us piled into a truck and moved out into the desolate and rural desert mountains outside of Lovelock, Nevada to build Envirohaven’s first fully functioning off-grid Haven™. We spent a total […]

Small House Design in Reno, NV

Have you noticed the increase in popularity of tiny house and small house design? Although this may seem like a recent trend, smaller low-cost homes utilizing efficiency in space and storage have a history. In the 1920’s […]

Solar Panel Basics: Creating a Low-Cost Sustainable Living Space

  There are two kinds of solar panel systems, solar thermal and photovoltaic (PV). Each use solar panels to allow us to use solar energy. Solar energy is when a photon is absorbed and then turned into […]

“Green” Stucco Alternative That Offers More With Less

Life in a Sustainable Haven™ Home, Chapter 3: More Warmth, More Comfort, More Simply With Less $$

Life In A Sustainable Haven™: Chapter 2, Creative Storage

5 Things About The Haven™ and Tiny Houses

Envirohaven Sustainable Home on KTVN On Face The State

Life In A Sustainable Haven™ Home, Chapter 1: Meet The Haven™

8 Reasons We All Want Air Tight Homes

War Declared for Water

Bamboo that is Renewable, Durable and Affordable.

Up to $1,200 Reward for Turning in the Culprits

Pellet Stove FAQ’s: Reduce, Recycle and Enjoy!

Wise Window Shopping Provides More For Less

Reno News and Review helps to educate the public about Envirohaven™

Part 2 of 2: The question of “Why the Golden Ratio is important?” is answered. by Dailey Haren

Designing with Triangles: Envirohaven™ and the Golden Ratio by Dailey Haren

Envirohaven™ U.S. Utility Patent Issued for our Geodesic Hybrid Sustainable Home

Reno Envirohaven™ Model Panel Assembly Complete

Reno Envirohaven™ Assembly Begins

Waterproofing Pre-Treatment

Quick and Easy, Reno Model Posts are UP!

Under-slab and Stem-wall Insulation; Small Investment for Big Savings

Earth-Air Heat Exchange System Key In The Haven’s Passive Energy Design

Cut Outdoor Water Use by Half with Grey Water Recycling

Think the Haven is a Dome? 7 Reasons to Think Again

Why Live Off-Grid?

Envirohaven™ uses Magnesium Oxide Board

Do-It-Yourself ; Holistically Sustainable Green Building

The Haven Concrete Model Foundation Taking Shape!

Concrete Foundation Option for Green Building

Simplified Building Permit Process for Off-Grid Homes

Water Wise: Grey Water Recycling for Eco-Homes

5 Cash Saving Considerations for Purchasing Off Grid Property

Location, Location, Location: 5 Considerations for Locating Your Off-Grid Home

Natural Hazards: Rectangular Homes and Geodesic Domes

Our New Brochure

Renewable Energy and Federal and State Energy Tax Credit Information

We’re in hot water with Sunvelope Solar

Innovative Sustainable Features

What The Reno Gazette Journal Has To Say

UNR and Envirohaven™

Reno Welcomes Envirohaven™