How we restored our historic home and reduced our carbon footprintby Kelly and Matthew GrocoffWhen we bought our 107 year old home on Ann Arbor’s Historic Old West Side, it was a dream come true: lead paint, zero insulation, a half-century old furnace, asbestos siding, and a gas powered mower in the shed. What more could a couple of treehuggers ask for?We wanted to buy a historic home, turn it green and prove that, even on our limited budget, we could create a home of unparalleled comfort and

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Aged and Ripened . . . but Still Green