Green Building

I miss my house now that I am spending long hours at the new office, and as life at Crestview Doors hits a new groove I find myself ready to focus some energy on the house once again. We have a lot of little projects left to do, and a few big ones. We still haven't finished the concrete block wall under the deck, for example,...

Austin uses wind generators to provide clean energy to 55,000 Austin residences. Today, Erwin House became one of them. This is a HUGE deal to me. I've tried three other times over the years to sign up for this program, but I've never been able to get online on time. The seats are gone in seconds. This time, we just...

I feel like no matter what else we do to go green over at Erwin House, the single most important change we need to make is to reduce our waste. You wouldn't believe how much trash we produce on a weekly basis. Our trash pickup occurs every Thursday morning, and the family joke is that the trash can is full again by Sunday...