Barley & Pfeiffer Architects was founded two decades ago on the commitment of melding pragmatic energy-efficient & environmentally-responsive architectural design with our clients' stylistic, fiduciary, spatial, and lifestyle needs. Durng this same time we are proud to have been nationally recognized as being instrumental in "mainstreaming" the concept of green building into the North American home building industry. This being accomplished with the belief that designing and building our clients' projects means doing so with minimal impact on natural resources, while not sacrificing the beauty nor the sheer enjoyment of the end result. One can certainly "live well while living green" and have fun doing it!

Most likely you have seen or heard of "Green" design, or "Green" architecture, and it has piqued your interest. Essentially, the practice of "Green" building and design is part of a globally growing attitude toward the way we live, work, build, and play in which concern for our natural surroundings is equally as important as what we build among them. For instance, the masonry used to clad the outside of your building: Is it natural stone that came from a local quarry or is it processed brick that has a high "embodied energy content" that required transport from from a plant 300 miles away? How much energy went into constructing your building or home because of that one particular choice? This is only one of many questions we should consider as we develop our buildings that are responsible for almost half of all the energy consumed in America.

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