We’re done, we’re done!!
Monday, November 23rd, 2009 Posted in LEED, design | 3 Comments »[gallery] Well, we're finally done with the house. We Past our final inspection, but we're still pending our LEED status. I thought it would be nice to post some recent images. Unfortunately, we had to pull the house off the market ...
a little overzealous
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009 Posted in LEED | 4 Comments »We had our first LEED inspection today. It was a bit less exciting than I had imagined it to be. I supposed I imagined a team of people with fancy equipment probing the house, but that wasn't the case. Just ...
Tight stuff!
Friday, April 10th, 2009 Posted in LEED | 9 Comments »As part of our super tight SIPs envelope, we are taping all the seams of the panels. Actually, each seam is spray foamed, then taped. There is a noticeable difference in the house now tha it's sealed. The humiditiy level, ...
recycled concrete forms…
Thursday, August 28th, 2008 Posted in LEED, construction, foundation | No Comments »The radon barrier we have been installing has been fairly problematic. It has been very difficult to work around the plastic, not tear it (even though it is fairly thick), keep dirt from falling into it and keep it in ...
concrete counters – 1 degree of seperation
Monday, August 18th, 2008 Posted in LEED, kitchen | No Comments »My business partner (principal at Seed), is also a part owner of a sustainable surface product called Fuez. Basically, it's a mix of concrete with high fly ash content mixed with curb side recycled glass. It can be used for ...
LEED Platinum!
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008 Posted in LEED | No Comments »Well - we hope. Yesterday we (seed), Bob from Kaya and David, the developer met to run through our LEED standing. We're at the point in our process that we really need to make decisions on items based on our ...
