November 07, 2018, Builder Magazine. Last year, the solar farmhouse that homeowners Tom and Marti Burbeck and Fireside Home Construction designed in Ann Arbor, Mich., became the second house in the world to achieve Living Building Challenge certification through the International Living Future Institute, a Seattle– and Portland– based nonprofit. The certification focuses on “regenerative design,” meaning buildings that can output more than they intake. Read more . . .