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Bulleted List of the 100K LEED Checklist Targets

December 11, 2008

In preparation for our open house this weekend, I created a quick document with a bulleted list of all of the LEED for Homes points we are going after to achieve LEED Platinum in the 100K House. It is basic, but I thought I’d post it here since we haven’t spoken of the checklist in [...]

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LEED and the Education of Legislation

December 10, 2008

Working through the LEED process on the 100k House project has made me think about the ways in which the government is and should be involved in sustainable progress. LEED is, of course, a voluntary certification program. There are no laws requiring its use (in residential building at least), and no government incentives for adhering [...]

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Quick Review of LEED Checklist for Platinum Target

August 21, 2008

Now that we are getting close to groundbreaking I guess it’s time to take a quick look at the LEED for Homes Checklist to make sure we are still on target. Originally the goal for the project was only Silver, but since meeting with MaGrann for our design charrette and preliminary rating, we realized that [...]

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Edited 100K Budget with Federal Tax Credits

July 29, 2008

Somehow I forgot to include the Federal Tax Credits in yesterday’s post we will get for the Solar Thermal and Energy Efficient status of the home. $2,000 for each which brings our total down to $111K and change. The spreadsheet is also updated.

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Good News for Renewable Energy Assistance in PA

July 21, 2008

About two months ago I posted on a quote we received for a Solar PV system that would cost over $30K to install and still not cover 100% of our electricity demands in the 100K House. This was meant to show, even with all of the efforts to make the home energy efficient and minimalist, [...]

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HERS Evaluation from Magrann is on Target

July 12, 2008

On Wednesday we received our HERS rating evaluation based on our final design from MaGrann Associates who is handling our Energy Star and LEED certifications. We have been working with MaGrann and Zero Energy Design to make improvements to our envelope design and mechanical systems since our initial HERS rating came back much higher than [...]

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Final Results from Energy Modeling by Zero Energy Design

May 9, 2008

Yesterday I received the final report from Zero Energy Design with the results of their energy modeling. We put out a joint press release this morning but I thought I would include a bit more detail along with some of the pretty charts that ZED made here on the blog. Overview ZED provided charts and [...]

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List of Energy Improvements From Zero Energy Design

April 30, 2008

Yesterday I had our second conference call with Zero Energy Design who is performing energy modeling analysis on the 100K House. Yes, they changed their name since our last meeting. They provided a list of suggested energy improvements to the home with accompanying savings that would be realized over a code built home per year. [...]

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Independence Energy Homes Joins the Team to Provide Energy Consultation

April 22, 2008

Last week I was getting nervous about our ability to incorporate all of the energy efficient features of the home in the most cost effective manner possible. I have also been pouring over other case study’s that contain very nice energy modeling data that I craved on our homes. I finally bit the bullet and [...]

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Possible Modifications based on Passive House Standard

April 15, 2008

Since studying the Passive House standard of energy efficient design, we have been trying to determine what we can incorporate into our project without blowing the budget. Below are some of the ideas we have so far to improve the energy efficiency of the home after consulting the Passive House Standard. Insulation Increase SIP wall [...]

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