Resources - SustainableBuild

08/18/2022

What's In The New Climate Bill For You? Navigating Savings and Rebates

As a climate-forward, eco-conscious design-build company, we have long been passionate about lowering the carbon footprint of the homes we build. So w...

08/16/2022

BUSINESS OF HOME: Steve Pallrand founded CarbonShack to get serious about environmentally conscious design and construction

07/15/2022

Our very own showroom in Los Angeles: Creative, Beautiful & Sustainable Interior Design Offerings that Celebrate Nature, and Inspire Clients to Do the Same

07/08/2022

Green Building & Design Brief: CarbonShack's Casa Zero in Los Angeles Celebrates the Wild Within. Designers carefully measured the home’s embodied carbon and the home features unexpected, artistic odes to plant, animal, and fungal life.

06/29/2022

Building materials that are illegal in homes now. “When you buy an older house, chances are everything is not to code,” says Stephen Pallrand, founder of design/build green construction firms Home Front Build and CarbonShack.

06/08/2022

Carbonshack’s Inclusion In The Brand New Sustainability Issue From The Hollywood Reporter: Green Building: A Sustainable Backyard Retreat for a TV Writer

04/21/2022

Avoid Making These 18 Mistakes on Your Next Bathroom Renovation Project: Failing to plan out wall-mounted faucets

04/20/2022

Mansion Global: Another Great Eco-Friendly Material That We Love To Use For Sustainability at Home Without Sacrificing Style

03/25/2022

Mansion Global: Home Builders Are Turning to Natural Materials to Get Around Supply Chain Problems

09/13/2021

L.A. Times: The L.A. ‘granny flat’ built for climate change: Take a look at the eco-chic inside

09/01/2021

Killarney Case Study project featured on NBC's Open House

08/12/2021

New York Times: In a ‘Recycled’ House, Details That Will Grow on You

11/01/2019

Can Paint Increase Efficiency?

The simplest efficiency upgrade may be rethinking the color of your walls and roof. The reflective quality of white and the absorptive quality of blac...

08/27/2019

Confused by Carbon Footprints? There’s a Calculator for That

05/24/2019

Designer Steve Pallrand Combines Eco-Friendly with Elegant

05/21/2019

Welcome to the CarbonShack Library!

What can we collectively do to make the greatest impact in reducing climate-related emissions? The answer is simple. Focus on the sector that con...

05/20/2019

The Key to Decarbonizing the Industrial Sector is Building Better

There is no question about it. We are living in exciting times. Just this past year, 90 cities, ten counties and two states, have set targets for 100 ...

05/20/2019

Is Green Building Cost Prohibitive? Spoiler: It’s Not.

Climate skepticism has been decreasing over the past five years. Now we must address the second roadblock in our path to decarbonization, solution ske...

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