An attempt to build a modern and green home in Philly for $100,000 in construction costs.
May 8th, 2008 — inspiration
May from ISA passed on a link to a site where a couple is blogging about their process of designing and building a SIP/Modular Hybrid home. The site is www.GouinGreen.com and is meant to be a play on “Goin’ Green” as the couple’s last name is Gouin.
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May 6th, 2008 — design
We officially decided to go with the Pella Proline aluminum-clad wood casement windows for the 100K House project. The discussion that was sparked in the recent post on thermal shades was the clincher for us…
May 5th, 2008 — inspiration
…Rural Studio is a remote program of the School of Architecture at Auburn University in west Alabama. For the past few years, their students have been designing and building low-income housing for only $20K in materials and labor ($10K ea). There is a Rural Development loan available through the federal government where very low income people in rural areas are able to borrow a maximum of $20,000 for home repair or construction.
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May 3rd, 2008 — blogging
It’s the weekend so I get to spend some time on my long list of desired upgrades for the blog here at 100K House. This morning I added a new Archives page to the site. I must give Mr Chis Pearson credit for this upgrade. His blogging ideas are so simple, but so brilliant.
The new […]
May 2nd, 2008 — press, release
It’s official, Postgreen and Level 5 Construction have teamed up to form a new construction company in Philadelphia - Build It Green.
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May 1st, 2008 — energy modeling, insulation
I thought I’d take a close look at these insulating window shades today that Zero Energy Design is referencing in their energy model. There are a lot of cellular shades that are made up of one, two or three layers of honeycomb fabric with air in between the cells that makes the shade act as […]