From the monthly archives:

February 2009

Postgreen Standard Project Supplemental Construction Documentation

February 27, 2009

This first project has been a real learning experience for us in the process of building a home. We’ve done pretty well considering we’re using a crew that has never built with SIPs, never built a green home (let alone LEED Platinum) and never built a modern style home that lacks things like soffits. We’ve [...]

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Home Slicker Instant Rainscreen House Wrap

February 25, 2009

After deciding to go with James Hardie Vertical siding, it took us some time to determine exactly how the best way to apply it to our SIPs house would be. The main questions was whether or not to employ a vented rainscreen or not. A vented rainscreen is basically an air gap in between the [...]

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Invest! – Postgreen’s Residential Project Investment Program

February 18, 2009

As of today we are officially building four homes. The first two (the 100k and 120k) many of you have been following for a long time now. We will be finishing them up in the next few weeks. The second two, known as the Philadelphia Passive Project, we just recently introduced. Of those four homes, [...]

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LEED Landscaping Requirements

February 14, 2009

As we near the completion of the 100K House project, we need to start thinking about our landscape design. As always we have to consider LEED reqs and points, modern design and budget. We are talking to a few local landscape designers in the area interested in the project. Due to budget and time constraints, [...]

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100k Construction Update: Rough In Walk Through

February 10, 2009

It has been a while since we have done a construction update, and we apologize for our tardiness. We have had some delays for which we might blame the economy, the weather and the holiday season, but we are back on track now and scheduled to finish in a few short weeks. Chad will give [...]

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Safe in the City

February 9, 2009

I have said before that urban living is not the only solution to our energy and environmental problems, but it is a very important factor. The increased density available in cities limits automobile transportation, lessens commodity distribution impact and frees up arable land that is currently slated for sprawling development. It leads us to a [...]

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Save the Homo sapiens

February 3, 2009

“What are you trying to do, save the planet all by yourselves?” asks Joe Cynic (pardon the leftover “Joe” joke from the campaign), and the answer, of course, is “No.” In fact, we aren’t trying to save the planet at all. This beautiful planet, which we are undoubtedly screwing with in new and unpleasant ways, [...]

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