If you own horses and want to keep it green, Blackburn Architects might be just who you need. Blackburn Architects have built horse farm and ranch projects all over the United States, and they can do this in a green manner if the owner chooses.
Blackburn Architects creates their green barns with three major design practices in mind:
- Through sustainable principles of passive design.
- Through design services and green system additions such as solar panels and greywater systems.
- Through sustainable building materials such as recycled-content materials, light-colored roofing choices with highly reflective finishes, low VOC stains/sealants, FSC certified wood products, high-efficiency translucent panels, sustainably harvested western red cedar, low-toxicity, low maintenance cement board, and more.
Green barns are a great idea. In most cases your horses are going to cost more than your barn so why not house them in a healthy environment. They also offer many different barn styles and sizes. PLUS – bonus, all their barns are seriously beautiful to look at.
Learn more at Blackburn Architects.
Tags: Blackburn Architects, eco barn, eco horses, green barns, sustainable barn, sustainable farms
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Jennifer,
We’re so happy to see Blackburn greenbarns featured on your blog. Thanks for including us! We plan to update everyone with more news, photos, and possibly a case study regarding the benefits of solar energy soon, so we hope you and your readers will check in with us.
In the meantime, keep up the great (green) work!
Best,
Angie Mareino
Marketing Director
Blackburn greenbarns -
You’re welcome. I love your barns – they’re so pretty and this is a green issue I hadn’t considered before – which is rare, so that was cool.
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