March 2010

theFERN – Marathon, Texas

March 27, 2010

Here are some pictures of Steven Jones’ progress on theFERN that he’s building in Marathon, Texas. He is using SIPs panels from EH Systems (http://www.ehssips.com/) and their panels will be featured in the Easter Edition of Extreme Makeover Home Edition on ABC. I’ll be posting more pictures and following Steven’s progress as he builds theFERN. [...]

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The Lawrence Street House – LEED for Homes

March 20, 2010

We have officially registered our home with the US Green Building Council. This is the first step in pursuing LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Certification. In addition to this registration, we hire a LEED rater — Earth Advantage from P-Town. Our local rater is Eli and he worked with us on theSAGE. He [...]

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The Lawrence Street House – SDU (finally)

March 6, 2010

Finally. We have the design for our secondary dwelling unit (aka SDU). It’s amazing how challenging it has been to design a two-bedroom, one bath home in under 800 square feet. City of Eugene code allows for a second dwelling on the same property if the lot is large enough (it is), if the owner [...]

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