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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Calling All Renters: Ideas for a Postgreen Triplex

February 4, 2010

This one is for all of you out there who want the joy of living in a Postgreen Home without the responsibilities of home ownership. We are officially considering our first step into the rental world with a possible multi-family building right behind our 100k Project. It will be all the green, modern goodness you’ve [...]

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Analog Marketing and Our New Business Card Design

February 3, 2010

I decided recently that I would write an occasional post about our marketing strategy. It seems to be something that a good number of people are interested in, and I find that writing about a topic helps clarify my thinking and create new ideas. If you aren’t into this departure from our normal programming, I [...]

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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 system [...]

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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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