{"id":311,"date":"2010-08-23T20:08:59","date_gmt":"2010-08-24T03:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesimplehouse.com\/?page_id=311"},"modified":"2020-09-23T06:46:54","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T14:46:54","slug":"about-me-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/thesimplehouse.com\/?page_id=311","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesimplehouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_3802-e1494009282394.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2662 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesimplehouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_3802-e1600872407377-1024x768.jpg?resize=525%2C394\" alt=\"IMG_3802\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesimplehouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_3802-e1600872407377.jpg?resize=1024%2C768 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesimplehouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_3802-e1600872407377.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesimplehouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_3802-e1600872407377.jpg?resize=768%2C576 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesimplehouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_3802-e1600872407377.jpg?w=1280 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a>I am an Architect, licensed in the State of Oregon a LEED AP and cSBA. Married to Brenda since 1981. I began being interested in sustainability in the mid-1970s while attending the University of Oregon. I got involved with solar there via John Reynolds, my advisor and professor. I started my own Architecture firm with Dan Hill in 1983 and we specialized in solar and energy-efficient design.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve had a wonderful career, but I have recently felt the \u201ctug\u201d to get into small, efficient, affordable, sustainable housing. That\u2019s what spurred this venture.<\/p>\n<p>In 2008, I started thesimpleHOUSE with the idea of creating housing for the average family that is sustainable and green from the ground up. That kind of morphed into a broader spectrum of blogging about a sustainable lifestyle and, with the Lawrence Street House, practicing what I preached.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am an Architect, licensed in the State of Oregon a LEED AP and cSBA. Married to Brenda since 1981. I began being interested in sustainability in the mid-1970s while attending the University of Oregon. I got involved with solar there via John Reynolds, my advisor and professor. I started my own Architecture firm with &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thesimplehouse.com\/?page_id=311\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;About Me&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-311","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thesimplehouse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thesimplehouse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thesimplehouse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thesimplehouse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thesimplehouse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=311"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"http:\/\/thesimplehouse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3103,"href":"http:\/\/thesimplehouse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/311\/revisions\/3103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thesimplehouse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}