From the monthly archives:

December 2008

Energy Monitoring and Control – Web Application Concept

December 30, 2008

The conversation on my original post on energy monitoring and controls has been fantastic. Great ideas have been presented and examples that approximate my wishful thinking have been shared. Thank you to all of you who added your input. After looking through all the links and concepts shared in the comments of the last post, [...]

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Affordable and Appropriate Interior Design Sources

December 29, 2008

As we are nearing the completion of the 100K House, we have been giving more thought to the interior design of the home. After all, now that we are moving into the home, it will become somewhat of a show piece for those interested in purchasing a future unbuilt project based on the same concept. [...]

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New Blogs added to our Blogroll

December 24, 2008

It’s been a while since we updated our blogroll on the site here, so I thought I’d go through our collective Google Readers and see what blogs we’re now following that need to be added. Some are new to our daily inbox, while others have been there for months. Unplgged – smarter homes, fewer wires. [...]

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Holiday Happiness for All

December 22, 2008

The holidays are upon us, and as fans of wassailing and figgy pudding, the Postgreen team will be spending time with friends and family celebrating. As a result, we will potentially be less responsive than usual. I also wouldn’t expect much in the way of blog posts over the next few days. When we wassail [...]

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Wishful Thinking – Energy Monitoring and Controls

December 19, 2008

I wish there were an easier way from idea to product. Of course, if there were I would have a house full of cool but unnecessary gadgetry (bacon toaster, geothermal beer dispenser, rocket recliner). I suppose the work involved in bringing an idea to fruition forces you to question the viability and necessity of the [...]

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Photos of Windows and Interiors

December 17, 2008

In case you missed the recent open house, I snapped a few pics of the exterior and interior of the 120K House yesterday. The exterior looks pretty ominous wrapped in black felt paper with the black windows installed. While the exterior looks cool, the interior is really impressive at this stage. The exposed OSB from [...]

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The Cost of Polishing a Turd

December 16, 2008

In an interview a few weeks ago I was asked what our premium was for building LEED Platinum. The reporter had done some research and found that the highest level of LEED for Homes usually carried a 15-20% markup and wanted to know what the added cost was for our project. It was a difficult [...]

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After the Mid-Construction Tour

December 15, 2008

We want to thank everyone who came out on Saturday to our Mid-Construction Tour at the 100k site. Throughout the day we saw at least 75 people come through and the questions and comments were all constructive and encouraging. It was great to put faces to names we had only seen digitally and to have [...]

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Bulleted List of the 100K LEED Checklist Targets

December 11, 2008

In preparation for our open house this weekend, I created a quick document with a bulleted list of all of the LEED for Homes points we are going after to achieve LEED Platinum in the 100K House. It is basic, but I thought I’d post it here since we haven’t spoken of the checklist in [...]

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LEED and the Education of Legislation

December 10, 2008

Working through the LEED process on the 100k House project has made me think about the ways in which the government is and should be involved in sustainable progress. LEED is, of course, a voluntary certification program. There are no laws requiring its use (in residential building at least), and no government incentives for adhering [...]

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