From the monthly archives:

January 2010

Over-Conditioned: The Super-Sized HVAC Problem

January 29, 2010

Technology, it seems, has given us the opportunity to defy nature’s impact on our lives in all but the most extreme conditions. This is particularly true within the confines of our houses and other buildings. In our homes, the words “climate control” no longer suggest the nefarious plan of a volcano-dwelling, Bond villain, but rather [...]

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Postgreen on the Radio

January 26, 2010

Unfortunately, it won’t be me spinning underground hair band hits or Chad and Courtney’s madcap morning drive time extravaganza, but Postgreen will be on the radio. This Thursday at 3:00 p.m. eastern time the season premiere of Ecoman and the Skeptic will feature Chad and I waxing philosophical about the 100k House, green building and [...]

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Duplex Inspiration – Japanese 9 Tsubo House

January 23, 2010

Recently, we were approached by someone to design and build a small duplex on a tight infill house in Philadelphia. Without getting into too much detail, the lot is roughly 27′ wide by 20′ deep. Tight constraints to say the least. This footprint reminded us of one of our favorite Japanese small house designs – [...]

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Passive House Ventilation Design

January 20, 2010

We thought it would be a good idea to review our new ventilation strategy and design implemented in the recent Passive Project. The ventilation strategy in the 100K House was different than most typical houses and the Passive Project took things a step further. We’ll start with the outline: Use a very efficient mechanical ventilation [...]

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Postgreen Homes Flooring Changes

January 19, 2010

The Postgreen Homes site updates continue as we move into 2010 and closer to groundbreaking on the Skinny Project. The biggest of these is probably the change we have made to our flooring options. As many of you know we were using sheet products on our floor. We would cut sheets of OSB, bamboo plywood [...]

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Thanks to the Philadelphia Inquirer with a Couple Corrections

January 18, 2010

We were fortunate enough to have the 100k project mentioned yet again by Inga Saffron in the Philadelphia Inquirer and on Philly.com this weekend. Sure, the mention was just a small part of a long piece on up and coming Philly architects and our mention was just part of a description of ISA’s awesomeness, but [...]

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Hidden Kitchen Range Ventilation

January 16, 2010

One of the hurdles in designing a minimalist kitchen layout is always the ventilation above the range. If you have the budget you can have options like beautiful steel and glass hoods or flush vents that pop up from the countertop only when in use. There are even really fancy, slim new vents that mount [...]

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House Tattoos: Ink for Your Postgreen Home

January 14, 2010

(Editors Note: Brian Phillips is the principle at Interface Studio Architects (ISA), the designers of our Postgreen Homes line. We are occasionally able to guilt him into writing a post.) A big part of the fun of working with Postgreen is finding design opportunities within the tight parameters of budget, constructability and time constraints.  Simplicity [...]

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Introducing Courtney . . . AKA The Money

January 11, 2010

(Editors Note: Those of you who haven’t been to our events may not realize there are actually three partners at Postgreen. In addition to Chad and Nic, we have Courtney Ludeman (Chad’s wife). She tends to be the least vocal of the partners (unless you really annoy her), but we decided we should get her [...]

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Whiteboard Session: SKINNY Floor Plan Options

January 8, 2010

For better or worse we are bringing back the video here at Postgreen. We have a new intro (designed by my brother Gabe Darling) and very, very, mildly improved lighting. This first effort in our return is a quick explanation of the options soon to be available in the SKINNY model floor plan. It isn’t [...]

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