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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To celebrate the fact that there are now are over 10,000 Green Point Rated homes in CA, the Build it Green organization selected our home for a series of Media Tours that showcase the innovative technologies in our home and how they relate to our Green Point Rating of 195.
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Check out the attached article: Green Matters2
After a bit more than a year of construction, we are very happy to be back in our house! As we did when we moved out, we contracted with Go Green Moving. They use biodiesel trucks and look for ways to reduce, reuse and recycle. Their movers were great and
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Judges for the Green Leadership Award and officials from the City of Hermosa Beach came for a visit last week. We were honored to have them at the house. Irrespective of the outcome, we appreciated their interest and attention. They already made us feel like winners!
The City of Hermosa Beach very kindly submitted an application to nominate the Green Idea House for the County of Los Angeles’ Green Leadership Award (http://qpc.co.la.ca.us/cms1_172198.pdf).
Pam Townsend from the City did a great job with the application and we have been selected as finalists.
The judges are coming for a tour
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