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Construction Updates

Skinny Project: The Ground is Broken

March 3, 2010

Despite the rainy cold weather we have started digging for the Skinny Project foundations. Hopefully this will set us up to make some real progress over the days of nice weather that Mother Nature has kindly scheduled for us. If all goes well we should have our footers poured by Friday and be ready to [...]

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Images of Living in the 100k

February 26, 2010

We decided to take an afternoon this week to take some photographs of the 100k as it is currently being lived in by Chad, Courtney and Teague. It was a good time hampered only by a tired Teague and my very limited photography stills. Despite those limitatios, we think we got some pretty good shots [...]

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Moving from SIPs to Double Stud Walls in Skinny

February 25, 2010

In our first few projects at Postgreen, we used EPS SIPs (Structurally Insulated Panels) for our exterior walls and roofs which were very popular with the kids. We have decided to move away from SIPs in the Skinny Project in favor of using Advanced Framing Techniques and a Double Stud Wall design. Many of you [...]

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Skinny Project Groundbreaking is Imminent

February 8, 2010

Everything is in line for the start of the Skinny Project, and assuming we can find some dirt beneath all this snow, we intend to break ground soon.  In fact, we are expecting to start digging foundations early next week. Right now, it looks like a little break in the snow and cold will make [...]

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The Passive Project is Closed

December 28, 2009

The Postgreen Team got a very nice Christmas present this holiday in the form of a closing. The second home in the Passive Project (AKA The Philadelphia Passive House) closed last Thursday finally wrapping up this long lived project. We thank our buyers and wish them the best as they move into their new home.
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Final Pictures from the Philadelphia Passive House

December 18, 2009

The Philadelphia Passive House is about to pass into the possession of its new owners. We held two final tour sessions of the home yesterday which were very well attended. Thanks to all of you who came out. Between tour sessions I took some final pictures, and while I may be adding to these over [...]

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Skinny Project Sales Update

December 7, 2009

We are nearing the end of our pre-build organizational process (sounds important doesn’t it) and the Skinny Project ground breaking is fast approaching. Everyone over here at Postgreen is very excited about this project and the way in which it incorporates lessons from both the Passive House and LEED experiences. We also have seen some [...]

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Final Pictures from the M&M House

December 3, 2009

The first of the two houses in the Passive Project has settled, and the new owners are happy to finally be in their new Postgreen Home. The always hectic lead up to this closing has limited our blogging (as you probably noticed) and made it difficult to take the time for really good images. I [...]

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Passive Project Update: Completion is Imminent

November 18, 2009

This is just a quick update on the Passive House Project which is wrapping up this week. This has, for a variety of reasons, been a hurry up and wait kind of project, and right now we are in final hurry up mode. A crazy amount of stuff is getting wrapped up each day. These [...]

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Facade Update and Retrospective: The Passive Project

October 27, 2009

After the expected construction delays and difficulties associated with a standard as ambitious as Passive House, the Passive Project is finally getting wrapped up. Drywall is up, finish work is underway, and we are finally getting a look at the backlog of blog posts we owe you on this process. They are coming.
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