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Caddis Volunteers Here, There, and Everywhere!
Caddis staff members love to invest energy locally. It’s the best way they know to grow better places.
Go Electric: Why and How to Go Carbon-Free in Your Home
Caddis Collaborative has been designing all-electric multifamily and single-family homes for over a decade. We encourage all of our clients to go all electric, and we’re seeing great success with the transition to no-carbon homes. This post explains why and how to go electric – whether you’re building a new house or retrofitting an existing house.
Building at Ponderosa: Caddis Volunteers with Habitat for Humanity
Caddis Collaborative staff recently had the chance to volunteer with Habitat for Humanity at the Ponderosa Mobile Home Park’s redevelopment. It was a great chance to build the team, contribute to our community, and help construct a project we had designed.
Caddis Employee Named TGTHR Volunteer of the Year
Caddis Collaborative business manager Karin Hoskin has been named Volunteer of the Year for TGTHR, an organization serving homeless youth in Boulder, Colorado. Karin is part of TGTHR’s Street Outraech team.
Caddis Spotlight: Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center
A 30-minute drive into the Foothills from Boulder, Colorado, Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center is a rustic Buddhist retreat center that brings Buddhism and Dharma back into the natural world where they originated. Caddis Collaborative helped preserve and codify the historic use of this land as an educational retreat center through Boulder County entitlement processes and provided design services for bringing the facilities into year-round use, adding renewables, and ensuring historic preservation.
Making Impact: Helping Improve Our Local Community through Amazing Partners
Caddis Collaborative is located in the vibrant community of Boulder, Colorado. We are grateful to call many local institutions and neighbors our clients.
Caddis Spotlight: River and Woods
Located in a century-old miner’s cabin in downtown Boulder, River and Woods restaurant specializes in what it calls “Colorado comfort cuisine.” Caddis was pivotal in the reoccupation of this historic building as a restaurant.
Electric Vehicles in Housing Developments: How to Plan for Future Demand
Now that electric vehicles (EVs) are gaining in popularity, many housing developers are adding electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSEs) so that these new vehicles can be charged. What’s often not taken into consideration, however, is future demand for EVSEs. This post explains what you should consider as you incorporate EVSEs into your housing project.
Reducing Our Carbon Footprint and Increasing Affordability: Rethinking Transportation in Multifamily Projects
To address climate change, we need to encourage multiple modes of transportation – driving vehicles that shift away from the internal combustion engine; using car share programs; taking public transportation; and biking and walking to meet daily needs. A key principle at Caddis is to design now for the world we want to see in the future. This post explains how to think about these alternatives to gas-powered vehicles.
Green Roofs: Biodiverse Design for Cities
Caddis talked with two colleagues who work in the area of “green roofs”: Andy Creath (Green Roofs of Colorado) and Jennifer Bousselot (Colorado State University). As Jennifer puts it, “green roofs will help cities become more livable.”
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