Shelter Institute Information

Shelter is a 68 acre campus housing the Shelter Institute, a school that has been teaching energy effienct homebuilding practices since 1974 including all topics from site design through insulation, sheathing fasteners and engineering; Shelter Design Build, an engineering firm offering full service design and construction of homes, barns, garages and commercial structures with a focus on energy efficiency, insulated panels and timber frame construction; Shelter Tools, an extensive woodworking tool store featuring hard to find hand tools from all over the world offered in a friendly envirnment where customers are encouraged to handle the tools and ask questions of our knowledgeable staff, and Shelter Realty a full service real estate firm focusing on the buyer client and finding just the right property for the customer.