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finishes

New Modern Ceiling Fan Options for Postgreen Homes

January 5, 2010

While we’ve been working on finishing the Passive Project and launching the Skinny Project, we’ve also been working on new options for Postgreen Homes in the background. We really want to offer easy to implement options on the site that allow people to really customize their home to that next level. Ceiling fans and light [...]

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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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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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Finishing the Future with Greenable

January 14, 2009

The future of the 100k Homes is something we have been relatively quiet about. We realize that this is unlike us, but if we tip our hands too far we will ruin all the great surprises we have planned. Also, we honestly aren’t entirely sure what all those surprises will be yet. Just trust me [...]

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Price Reduced Bath Plumbing Fixtures in 100K House – Delta Arzo

November 26, 2008

In the comments of our recent post on the modern and affordable plumbing fixtures for the 100K House, I mentioned that we were looking at possible cost reductions.  Recently,”the Money” has gotten involved in helping us spec out our final finishes list. She made an executive decision after a substantial amount of research to switch [...]

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Modern & Affordable Plumbing Fixtures for 100K House Project

November 12, 2008

We have been talking about plumbing fixtures with the team for some time, but I finally got the time to post model numbers and images of what we’ve come up with so far. Orders have not been placed yet, so some may change, but for now we are looking at the set below: Modern & [...]

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Trip to Greenable – Green Building Supply + Design Store

October 27, 2008

About a week and a half ago, Nic and I took a trip to Greenable, our local green supply store, to investigate possible finish options for the homes. Greenable has a nice showroom on Market St inbetween Front and Second St in Olde City, Philadelphia. Unfortunately, I lost my full notes after the meeting so [...]

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Time to Start Finalizing Finishes – To Do List

October 15, 2008

Now that construction is moving along and our target end date can be measured in weeks, it’s time to get down to the details. There are a lot of items on the to do list as far as finalizing materials, finishes and design. This post is as much an aide to the team as it [...]

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