New Photos and Video!

We had a big DaVinci photo shoot yesterday. Cape Code Roofing is making great progress on the roof – it should be done in a few days, providing the weather holds out.  Be sure to check our Photo Gallery for the photos and video of DaVinci’s new synthetic slate tiles being installed!

Green Building Perspectives: Kohler

Growing up, I never considered how much water toilets used, let alone their brands. In fact, the more water, the better, right?
It wasn’t until recently, particularly as the economy started to slow down, that I began to think about all of that water. How much does a toilet really need to operate effectively, anyway? How [...]

URI teaches the basics: REDUCE REUSE RECYCLE

Are you a master composter and recycler? Would you like to be? Well if youre a Rhode Islander you should check out URI’s Master Composter and Recycler Program. It not only teaches you how to compost and recycle in RI, but also the ins and outs of Rhode Islands trash systems. The class takes place in [...]

The Opposite of Being Green : An Optimist’s Anger

This past weekend in New England brought record-breaking temperatures and had many of us coastal folks beach bound.  It was 85 degrees a few miles from the water, which, for April, is absolutely unheard of in Rhode Island.   But the problem with early beach days is that the lockers, pavilions and bathrooms are all closed [...]

Real FSC Wood Decking is Green and Good for 50 Years

The wood for our FSC deck was milled this week and we started the front porch installation while Titan Woods was in town to make sure everything with the project went as smoothly as possible.
Accoya® wood by Titan Wood is a proven “new wood species” that is made only from FSC-certified sustainably sourced wood. [...]