From the monthly archives:

January 2009

The Philadelphia Passive Project – 100k and the Passive House Standard

January 30, 2009

We just realized that we have been uncharacteristically quiet about our next project. We are due to break ground in just a couple of weeks, and we have barely written a word about it. This is very unlike us, and I will begin to remedy the situation right now. Our next project is similar in [...]

36 comments Read the full article →

What Options Would You Like To See In A Future 100k Home?

January 28, 2009

We have been fortunate to have some of the most responsive and well informed readers one could imagine. We put a post up and the conversation begins, growing from the germ of the original idea and becoming something bigger and more informative. I often learn more from the comments then I do from the research [...]

18 comments Read the full article →

Premature Solarization – Solar Power Before Reducing Consumption

January 22, 2009

Disclaimer: I am aware that solarization is used incorrectly in the title of this post, but I use it in an attempt to make a joke that is both juvenile and trite. Forgive me. We are planning on attending a solar happy hour this evening, and that got me thinking about that most recognizable of [...]

21 comments Read the full article →

Affordable & Modern Interior Design for the 100K House

January 21, 2009

As we are nearing completion of the 100K House, we have started posting a bit on the interior design and furnishing of the home. Since we will be living in the house, we intend to make the house a model show home of sorts to walk prospective buyers through that may be interested in future [...]

21 comments Read the full article →

A Tribute to May Narisaranukul’s Work on the 100K House

January 19, 2009

Obviously, as evidenced by this blog, there is a lot that goes on behind the scenes to make the 100K House project come to fruition. The research that Nic and I do is covered in detail, but the work of our key partners is not always captured in the same manner. The architects on the [...]

5 comments Read the full article →

On Air: Postgreen on Kcast

January 16, 2009

This is going to be a really short post. Those of you accustomed to my normal long windedness should be happy with this nearly scroll-free experience. Don’t get used to it. I’ll be back with the lengthy rants soon. Recently, Vik Duggal of Konstructr asked me to be on his daily podcast called KCast. I [...]

2 comments Read the full article →

Finishing the Future with Greenable

January 14, 2009

The future of the 100k Homes is something we have been relatively quiet about. We realize that this is unlike us, but if we tip our hands too far we will ruin all the great surprises we have planned. Also, we honestly aren’t entirely sure what all those surprises will be yet. Just trust me [...]

2 comments Read the full article →

Art and Interior Furnishings for the 100k House

January 13, 2009

I was tossing this stuff out on Twitter all day yesterday, but I figured there are probably a good number of you that don’t use Twitter or follow me, Chad or 100khouse. Don’t worry, tweeting is not a prerequisite for knowing what’s going on . . . yet. We are getting to the point where [...]

14 comments Read the full article →

100k House on TV

January 7, 2009

Well, the Postgreen team finally made the little screen, and it wasn’t even in an “America’s Funniest” context. CBS 3, Philly’s local news team, called us a couple days ago for an interview. We met them out at the site, talked about the project and froze just a little in the 35 degree weather. We [...]

3 comments Read the full article →

Why Modern?

January 6, 2009

When writing posts here I often try to address those questions that arise regularly. I do this in hopes that it will lessen the frequency of a question or give me a complete, pre-composed answer to which I can direct a questioner. Unfortunately, it never seems to work out quite that way. Those asking the [...]

32 comments Read the full article →

← Previous Entries