From the monthly archives:

May 2009

100k House: Render to Reality

May 27, 2009

Other than some landscaping and touch up paint the homes are finished, and I am personally very happy with the way they turned out. They make a bold, interesting statement from the outside, a statement which demands either awe or insult (we have received both personally). The homes are also nicer on the inside than [...]

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100k SIPs Week Feature Film

May 21, 2009

Delayed in production with funding issues, difficult to manage talent, location problems and whatever other excuses film makers use, SIPs Week, the movie, is finally available to it’s anxious public. Featuring the most ridiculous music to date and some highly questionable editing decisions, this film will move you (away from your computer most likely) and [...]

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LamiDesign Tells Everyone to Build that Modern/Green House Now

May 19, 2009

I just wanted to point everyone listening to a great post by our good friend Gregory La Vardera over on his LamiDesign Modern House Plan Blog titled: “Carpe Diem – Why you should build your modern/green house now.” Greg has been promoting and writing about what he calls the ReModern Movement for years. The basic [...]

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Postgreen Homes Owner’s Manual – Contents Draft

May 13, 2009

For the past week I have been busy working on the Postgreen Homes Owner’s Manual for the 120k House. This needs to be done by the end of the month and, to be honest, it is a bigger project than I initially anticipated. Virtually every aspect of the house needs to be documented and explained. [...]

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Keeping Up and Catching Up

May 8, 2009

Keeping Up With all of the press we have been fortunate enough to get recently, including a great article in the Philadelphia Inquirer this morning, now seemed like a good time to provide some info on how you can keep track of what we are doing and why. I know we have given this information [...]

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First of Final 100K House Photos by Sam Oberter Photography

May 5, 2009

The 100K House project is nearing completion at the end of the month and we have begun taking final professional photos. ISA and Postgreen have hired Sam Oberter, a local professional architectural photographer, to shoot all final photos of the project. We got a bit of a head start last week due to a few [...]

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Cars and the City – Safety

May 4, 2009

I was reading a report from the NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) this morning. The goal of this report was to identify the causes of pedestrian roadway fatalities in hopes of reducing their number. This is not the best way to stay awake in the morning, particularly during an office-wide shortage of hot coffee, [...]

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