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Monthly Archive for May, 2008

Featured: 100Khouse

Posted in Green Building Info., construction methods, home design. on May 19th, 2008

I’ve been reading a delightful blog called 100khouse.com. This is the first hand experience of author Chad Ludeman, president of Postgreen, who is developing the 100khouse. The neatest thing of all is indeed the reality of green building. Some things go smoothly for Chad, others don’t, and some don’t go at all. [...]

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Living Containers 2

Posted in Building Technology, Green Building Info., construction methods, home design. on May 14th, 2008

I wrote about using old shipping containers to build houses with a few weeks ago. Well here is a great example of a proposed project in Detroit. Designed by architect Steven Flum, in partnership with developer Leslie Horn, the project is waiting city approval. Once received, the condos will end up near [...]

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Sold Green

Posted in Uncategorized on May 1st, 2008

Building Seattle Green, from seattlepi.com, brings us good news from Washington. Green homes are selling faster and for more money than other homes. Danielle Johnson reports “Environmentally certified homes sold for 4.8% more and stayed on the market for 24% less time than comparable homes sold last year.” This is good news [...]

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