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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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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Eric Michael Stitt, a journalist for The Beach Reporter, very kindly featured our house tours event in the Hermosa Beach section of the paper this week: http://www.tbrnews.com/articles/2012/02/16/hermosa_beach_news/news09.prt
We also wanted to make sure the other key sponsors of the event, the U.S. Green Building Council/South Bay Branch and Energy Upgrade California,
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We want to express our sincere appreciation to all of you for making Saturday a huge success. The event was booked solid a week in advance and over 200 people came out for tours and the educational expo. We had to turn people away to ensure the safety of everyone
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We would like everyone to know that all four tours (of 35 people ea) on Saturday have sold out! You are still welcome to come and see the energy upgrade displays and get your name on the stand-by list for the tours.
If there are no openings on Saturday’s tours and
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We had a great experience during our four month trial of a 100% electric Local Use Vehicle (LUV) loaned to us by the South Bay Cities Council of Governments. We are honored that they have asked us to say a few words at an event this morning at 11am.
You are
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