From the monthly archives:

August 2008

Art Matters Article on 100K

August 30, 2008

I had no idea we were in this art publication until today when Greg La Vardera (of LamiDesign Stock Homes, Materialicious and now Workalicious fame) Tweeted it to us and then forwarded to me in an email. If you are familiar with the current status of the project you will notice a lot of errors [...]

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New FAQ’s Page Created for the Blog

August 28, 2008

We were meeting with ISA yesterday to prepare for the upcoming Greenfest Philly event that we will share a table at, when we had the idea for an FAQ’s handout or display at the table. Nic turned to me and said, “Hey, we should have one of those on the site also.” I agreed and [...]

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100K House Featured on Flyp Media

August 26, 2008

Last month the team was interviewed by a relatively new media company from NYC, Flyp Media. They have an amazing site and are covering some pretty interesting content so we were honored to be included in this month’s online issue. They sent a videographer, photographer and journalist down to interview us and the result was [...]

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ISA to Showcase 100K House in DesignPhiladelphia 2008

August 22, 2008

I just got a call a few days ago from Brian Phillips at ISA (Interface Studio Architects) that said he was invited to display something related to prefab architecture at the upcoming DesignPhiladelphia 2008 event. Since ISA is still a relatively young firm, with no built prefab projects to date (they are working on one [...]

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Quick Review of LEED Checklist for Platinum Target

August 21, 2008

Now that we are getting close to groundbreaking I guess it’s time to take a quick look at the LEED for Homes Checklist to make sure we are still on target. Originally the goal for the project was only Silver, but since meeting with MaGrann for our design charrette and preliminary rating, we realized that [...]

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100K House Enters Re:Vision’s Re:Construct Competition

August 20, 2008

Last week one of our favorite green bloggers, Preston of Jetson Green, challenged his readers to join and win the Re:Construct contest being put on by Re:Vision. Late last week we decided to take Preston up on his challenge and threw in the $25 for the entry fee not really knowing too much about the [...]

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Results of Investment Poll

August 18, 2008

A couple weeks ago we created a poll to gauge investor interest in future 100K House projects. I promised I would publish the results after we received some feedback so here is what we have to date: Twenty three people have responded to the survey so far. You don’t have to invest to take the [...]

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Two Requests While on Vacation

August 17, 2008

OK, so I am officially on vacation today and trying to leave all of my cares and worries in Philadelphia. I have done my best to schedule posts to show up in your readers and inboxes this week while I am gone. Since I am on vacation and will be returning to a very busy [...]

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Vacation!

August 16, 2008

I’m going on my first week long vacation in four years today with the wife. We are headed to sunny California to drive up route 1 in a convertible and end up for a few nights in Napa Valley. Posting will be very light next week if at all. When I return we will be [...]

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Simple Home Energy Monitors Help Reduce Electricity Usage

August 14, 2008

A couple weeks ago I tweeted about The Energy Detective or TED that monitors whole house energy usage. This led me to do a bit more research on what else is out there that is similar to this device.  Below is what I found on a couple of inexpensive devices available to monitor energy or [...]

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