From the monthly archives:

May 2008

Gouin Green – First SIP / Modular Hybrid Home

May 8, 2008

May from ISA passed on a link to a site where a couple is blogging about their process of designing and building a SIP/Modular Hybrid home. The site is www.GouinGreen.com and is meant to be a play on “Goin’ Green” as the couple’s last name is Gouin.

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Pella Proline Windows Chosen for 100K House

May 6, 2008

Pella Logo Image We officially decided to go with the Pella Proline aluminum-clad wood casement windows for the 100K House project. The discussion that was sparked in the recent post on thermal shades was the clincher for us…

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The 20K House Project – Inspiration from Rural Studio

May 5, 2008

…Rural Studio is a remote program of the School of Architecture at Auburn University in west Alabama. For the past few years, their students have been designing and building low-income housing for only $20K in materials and labor ($10K ea). There is a Rural Development loan available through the federal government where very low income people in rural areas are able to borrow a maximum of $20,000 for home repair or construction.

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New Archives Page for the Blog

May 3, 2008

It’s the weekend so I get to spend some time on my long list of desired upgrades for the blog here at 100K House. This morning I added a new Archives page to the site. I must give Mr Chis Pearson credit for this upgrade. His blogging ideas are so simple, but so brilliant. The [...]

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Postgreen and Level 5 Team Up to Form “Build It Green”

May 2, 2008

It’s official, Postgreen and Level 5 Construction have teamed up to form a new construction company in Philadelphia – Build It Green.

Build It Green Philly Logo[...]

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Cellular Insulating Window Shades

May 1, 2008

I thought I’d take a close look at these insulating window shades today that Zero Energy Design is referencing in their energy model. There are a lot of cellular shades that are made up of one, two or three layers of honeycomb fabric with air in between the cells that makes the shade act as [...]

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