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August 2009

Net Zero Water

August 27, 2009

You’ve probably heard the term Net Zero Energy before, but have you ever heard the term Net Zero Water?  This up-and-coming concept is considered one of the most stringent goals laid out in the Living Building Challenge (LBC).  Sure, the LBC requires a building to abide by Net Zero Energy rules, follow a strict materials [...]

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Video Walkthrough of Our Home Customization Tool

August 26, 2009

Many of you have already taken the opportunity to play around with our new Postgreen Homes website. We hope it has been a rewarding and entertaining experience that you are anxious to share with all of your family, friends and passing acquaintances. OK, that might be a bit much but hopefully you at least mildly [...]

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3 Postgreen Homes Available in the Skinny Project

August 25, 2009

The chance to get a Postgreen Home of your own has come again with this, the official announcement of the Skinny Project. We are building three new homes on E. Susquehanna Ave in East Kensington, just a few doors down from the original 100k Project. They are each designed to our exactingly high standards for [...]

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Insulation Levels in the Passive Project

August 21, 2009

Nic has been bugging me to write more geeky, green posts lately. I figured that covering the insulation levels in the Passive Project that have gotten us to the Passiv Haus standard would be as good a place as any to start. We can also take a look at the differences between the 100K House [...]

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One More Kitchen Post For The Road

August 20, 2009

We received a lot of feedback on our kitchen and have revised some of our decisions. Thank you for your contributions. Throughout this post you will find renderings of the design reworked. Just to give a bit more detail about the kitchen, it is approximately 14 feet long and the countertops are about 2 feet [...]

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The Net-Zero Postgreen Home Is On The Way

August 19, 2009

Before we go into detail about our home, there is some argument about how exactly to define Net-Zero Energy homes. For the sake of clarity, we go by the simplest of definitions. Net-Zero Energy basically means that the home produces as much or more energy than it consumes. This means that the home doesn’t buy [...]

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Are You Green With Kitchen Envy?

August 14, 2009

Its been a while since we have checked in with our progress on the Extreme Green Kitchen, but we want you to know that we have been designing a kitchen that promotes efficiency for water, electricity, and work flow. We looked at the common kitchen work triangle and decided that we could save you time [...]

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Postgreen Homes on the CBS3 Morning Show

August 11, 2009

This is just a quick post to let you know that CBS3 decided to put me on live TV. Some would call that a rash decision, even from a local news network, but in the end it worked out alright. I managed to steer clear of the many jokes that might have abruptly ended the [...]

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Video Tour of the Furnished 100k House

August 10, 2009

Chad and Courtney are about to bring home their new addition (welcome to the ride Teague). So, I decided it would be a good time to give everyone a look at the furnished 100k House before he gets his little hands on it. Check out the video and be sure to refer to the time [...]

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Customizable Postgreen Homes On Our New Site

August 5, 2009

Many of you have likely heard the news already, but I feel an occasion this momentous (to us) deserves an official launch post. Postgreen Homes’ new website has finally been released into the world and with it comes the ability to customize our homes. After months of development, content writing, graphic creation, testing, and whining [...]

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