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Bellingham Eco-Home Builder Wins 2020 Housing Innovation Award from the Department of Energy
Bellingham eco-home builder wins 2020 Housing Innovation Award from the Department of Energy. Solar-panel powered house with Scandinavian influences.Nationwide competition to promote zero carbon...
Indoor Air Quality
It’s a dark winter evening. You leave the house and as you emerge outside you feel the cold, fresh air and you pop up, feeling sharp, awake, fresh and lively. The operative word is ‘fresh.’ Sure,...
What are SIPs?
What are SIPs? Structural. Insulated. Panels. SIPs are wall, roof (and sometimes floor) panels. Fabricated from a slab of foam sandwiched between two plywood sheets. Actually, it’s not ply it’s OSB...
The Benefits of Slab on Grade
When we pour a slab on grade we are basically pouring concrete directly onto the earth. Sure, there is a 4” layer of foam under the concrete so we don’t lose our heat, and yes, there is 12” of sand...
The Benefits of Insulated Concrete Forms (ICF) Foundations
The TC Legend Homes fellas put up the Lake Stevens house's insulated concrete form (ICF) walls in the rain last week over the course of just (2) days! Dan said it went well since the soil had a good...
2019 Summer Update
News since our last update: We found out we won the Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET) “Cross Border Challenge” award for Net Zero American Home Builder. This was for having a HERS Index...
2018 Year in Review
Here at TC Legend Homes, we are excited to ring in the New Year! We kept busy in 2018, but we were not as active as we would have liked in keeping our “fans” updated on our recent projects. So,...
Read Our 2016 Housing Innovation Award-Winner Case Study
TC Legend Homes built this 2,463-ft2 home in Seattle, Washington, to the performance criteria of the DOE Zero Energy Ready Home (ZERH) program. The two-story home has SIP walls and triple-pane...
Next Century Seattle Homes
Our newest project is almost complete! These homes were designed to be sustainable without compromising the luxury one expects in high-end building. Located in central Columbia City, the homes are...
The US Department of Energy Awards TC Legend Homes
For the third year, the US Department of Energy has chosen TC Legend Homes for one of its Housing Innovation Awards in the "Custom for Buyer" category. Check out the photos of the award-winning...
TC Legend Wins Housing Innovation Award from the US Department of Energy
The DOE Housing Innovation Awards recognize nation’s top builders on the path to Zero Energy Ready Homes. The US Department of Energy has announced that TC Legend Homes has been awarded a 2016...
Eliminating Utilities: Building residences with zero utility bills at hard-to-beat prices has the potential to change how homes are powered.
The Planet Magazine, a quarterly publication of Western Washington University, just published an excellent article about our role in what we hope will be a zero-energy revolution in homebuilding....