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Michelle Kaufmann: Smart Home in 90 Seconds

Two things green building enthusiasts always talk about when it comes to modular homes is how little waste is created during construction and, often, how quickly the homes go up once they're delivered...

Michelle Kaufmann: Nutrition Labels for Homes

What if you were in the market to buy a home and your No 1 priority was to be sure that you were investing all your hard-earned money into a place that was energy-efficient? Would a gigantic nutrit...

Prairie Mod Podcast with Michelle Kaufmann

Michelle Kaufmann's Smart Home opens to the public for tours TODAY at the Museum of Science and Industry. While Kaufmann was in town finishing up the details on the installation, PrairieMod intervie...

Green Tour: Michelle Kaufmann's Very Own Glidehouse

Name: Michelle Kaufmann Location: Novato, Ca Size: 1560 sq/ft Years lived in: 4 Average gas/electric bill: $0 >> Enter Slideshow! We remember where we were when it happened: It was a windy f...

How to: Build Michelle Kaufmann's WaterWall

Over on her blog, green prefab guru Michelle Kaufmann is posting all kinds of cool Earth Day activities. One of our favorites so far is the WaterWall -- clean, attractive, not overly complicated, ...

mkPURE by Michelle Kaufmann Designs

When we toured Michelle Kaufmann's mkLotus, one of our favorite touches, hands down, was the bathroom sink. It was beautiful, sleek, subtle, modern ... the perfect reflection of Michelle Kaufmann's ...

Hey Chicago!: mkSolaire at Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago

Hey Chicago, mark your calendars! Something very cool is coming your way. According to a recent press release from the people over at Michelle Kaufmann Designs, Kaufmann's new mkSolaire will be on ...

The Library: Fine Homebuilding's Energy-Smart Homes

If you buy one magazine this year, it should be The Best of Fine Homebuilding: Energy-Smart Homes. At $8.99, it's a bit steep, but it's a collection of the best articles from a year of Fine Homebuild...

October Best Posts: mkLotus at West Coast Green, Building Green in Vermont, Live Lightly Tour

In October, we toured Raedia and Ian's beautiful new and green house in Vermont, Michelle Kaufmann's mkLotus house at West Coast Green, and shared a story about a vegetable-oil powered RV on a dif...

Prefab Gingerbread by Michelle Kaufmann

We're big fans of Michelle Kaufmann. We loved the Glidehouse and we fell head over heels for the mkLotus. Now we're drooling over her latest creation -- the gingerLotus. Yes, a gingerbread replica o...