JOHN CHAPMAN, ARCHITECT
green essentials
architectural renderings, with up to 1/16-inch
tolerance between stones. Paths and building
facings are delivered with a plan from Jackman:
Each stone is engraved with a number that
corresponds to the plan, for easy installation,
something like a puzzle. Jackman says the
process saves time, materials, and, of course,
your neighbors’ lungs and ears. New World
Natural Stoneworks, 57 Industrial Drive,
Uxbridge, Massachusetts; 508-278-7060,
newworldnaturalstoneworks.com.
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seeing the light • Heard of daylighting? It’s a
fancy word for installing skylights or windows so
they offer light and passive solar heat. But there
is a third option: light tubes, one of the oldest
methods of lighting interiors. New England Sola
Concepts offers Solatubes (pictured above),
tubular devices that are installed in a home’s
rafters between a roof and ceiling and deliver
light into interior spaces. A roughly 10-inch-wide
domed diffuser lens captures ambient light and
transfers it through a highly reflective tube. The
Energy Star-rated devices are also eligible for
federal tax credits. New England Sola Concepts,
38 Lockhart Ave., Warwick, Rhode Island;
401-736-2974,
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higher learning • Starting April 1, the fifth
annual Residential Design and Construction
show (sponsored in part by Design New
England) offers myriad workshops for greener
living. Our must-visits include sessions on
environmentally friendly landscape design and
eco-harvesting of wood decking and flooring. For
a full list of the two-day show’s offerings, visit
rdcboston.com.
