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August 2010

Back from New Orleans

August 31, 2010

Between the rigors imposed by any good press wrangler and the demands of my virulent, terminal (and often contagious) case of FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out), New Orleans was an exhausting trip. It also, as you may have noticed, left little time for the actual reporting that I was supposedly down there to do. I [...]

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Fifty for Five: Rough Cut of Sheila Hyde Interview

August 28, 2010

I have had the opportunity to speak with a few of the homeowners at the Fifty for Five event here in New Orleans. Most of the video needs a lot of editing which simply isn’t going to happen until I am back in Philly, but one home owner was brief enough for me to share [...]

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Day 1 at Fifty for Five in NOLA

August 27, 2010

This post is part of my coverage of the Fifty for Five event by Rebuilding Together. Sears, the events main sponsor, paid my way down here but they have no say in what I write. Disclaimer over. I stumbled into New Orleans yesterday on two hours of sleep, an inevitable condition of the early morning [...]

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Fifty For Five Brings Nic to New Orleans

August 25, 2010

That’s right, I’m headed down to New Orleans bright and (too) early tomorrow morning to cover Rebuilding Together’s big event in the Big Easy. Fifty for Five is an effort to rehab 50 homes in the Gentilly neighborhood in 5 days and is a sort of celebratory construction binge to mark the more extensive work [...]

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New Postgreen Homes Model – Avant Garage

August 25, 2010

It has a kind of cheesy name, but that doesn’t make the concept any less cool. Postgreen Home’s has introduced a new model built around an existing zoning plan that called for garages. Working with ISA, we came up with some concepts for a model that incorporates the garage and creates an exciting split level [...]

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Welcome Hybrid Construction

August 24, 2010

Some of you have probably noticed the new handy bar of links on the top of our sites (if not, check them out . . . they’re cool) and have clicked on the Hybrid Construction link. Having done so, you came upon a mostly finished web site for a construction company with an odd logo. [...]

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S is for Suburban, Sol Austin, and Sustainable

August 19, 2010

Suburbia. Lets be honest, it’s kind of a dirty word. We use the word ‘development’ because we live in fear of the word ‘suburbia’.But, Im going to say what everyone is thinking: most developments are suburban. And that’s okay. So, come out of the closet, be proud of the suburban dweller you are. You no longer [...]

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Blown In Cellulose – The Ultimate “Green” Insulation?

August 16, 2010

In my last post about super-insulated wall assemblies, I referenced a future post about the superiority of Dense-pack Blown-in Cellulose insulation over other insulating products. Well, this is that post. We’ve talked about insulation in the past, but after extensive research and pitches from other insulation fanatics we’d like to put Cellulose in the spotlight [...]

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New Project Pics on the Postgreen Homes Blog

August 12, 2010

As most of you know, we have allowed some of our blogging to spill over to the Postgreen Homes site, particular those posts which are specifically about PGH projects. That means that the blog over there is the place to be for pictures of the projects, new floor plans and updates on customization options. We [...]

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Village Homes: Sustainability, Hobbits and Jane Fonda

August 11, 2010

This post marks the first in a series about housing developments that we think you might find interesting. For the inaugural post I’ve chosen to write about Village Homes in Davis California, a place that many consider to be the grand-daddy of modern sustainable developments. It’s always a good idea to begin with a classic, [...]

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