Interesting and interested participants on the tours and panel presentation made it a joy to share our experiences designing and building the GIH. It was great connecting with old and new friends of the project.
At 9am and 10am we ran tours (outside only) as part of the South Bay Solar
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At 9am and 10am on Saturday May 9th we will be running tours (outside only) as part of the South Bay Solar and Green Homes Tour put on by the Environmental Priorities Network. Nine other families will be opening their houses for the tour as well: SolarGreenHomesTour 2012
Also on Saturday at
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One of Robert’s favorite Green Conferences is the MGBCE sponsored by the USGBC. Robert has been going for the last five years and has been learning something new that he has applied to the project every year. So it was a real pleasure to be able to give back during
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We are honored to receive the award on behalf of all of you who have supported us over the last five years in bringing this to fruition.
It was a pleasure meeting the other award winners at the County Supervisor’s meeting and our son, Carter, was thrilled to get the morning
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Thanks to Dawnya Bartsch and Chris Miller for wonderful the article and photo.
http://www.tbrnews.com/articles/2012/04/21/hermosa_beach_news/news02.txt
A number of you have asked, so we did want to clarify a few points from the article:
– instead of radiant floor heating, we used Runtal baseboard heaters. They are much less expensive and operate more efficiently in
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This was only possible because all of you came together as a community around the idea that anyone can and should build with energy efficiency and sustainability in mind. Thank you!
Special thanks go out to the City of Hermosa Beach’s Senior Planner, Pam Townsend who used her own personal time
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That is a direct quote from Jim Creech, a building science professional at RHA who did the blower door* test-out on the GIH for the Energy Upgrade CA Program.
When we tested the building before we renovated we received a score of 1959 (higher is more leaky). Normal is about one
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Many thanks to reporter Kristin Agostini and Photographer Brad Graverson from the Daily Breeze for the excellent article in today’s paper
Article: http://www.dailybreeze.com/ci_20404209/hermosa-beach-couples-remodel-aims-inspire-eco-friendly
Photo Gallery: http://lang.dailybreeze.com/photos/photos.asp?a=1449552#id=1449552&num=0
Check out Monica on Ogilvy Advertising’s SolarWorld spots. They shot portions of it at the GIH. We are happy to support a company that is producing affordable, high quality solar panels locally, in an environmentally sensitive way.
http://www.solarworld-usa.com/?source=GIH
http://www.solarworld-usa.com/solar-for-home/best-choice-for-solar-panels.aspx
http://solarworld-usa.com/solar-for-home/why-go-solar.aspx#facts1
We have been invited to speak about what we learned in the process of designing and building the GIH. Yesterday Robert spoke to 30 leaders and managers at the City of Manhattan Beach about how what we learned could impact the city’s operations and help them save taxpayer’s money. The
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