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Urban Garages: Car Closets in the City
Yuck Everyone who has read this blog knows I have a certain anti-car bent. It’s not that I am adamantly against the automobile itself. In fact, I actually enjoy driving. One of my favorite jobs I ever...
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Avant Garage Updates Over at Postgreen Homes
As most of you know by now, we have moved our project specific coverage over to the Postgreen Homes Blog, but since change is a difficult thing, I will occasionally post some small updates with similar...
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Cutting Cellulose Insulation Install Costs?
As you may well know, we are big fans of cellulose insulation. The Skinny project was the first time we used cellulose and we learned some valuable lessons that we plan to apply to future projects like...
View ArticleThe View from the Future Avant Garage Roof Decks
The whole post and all the related information is up on the Postgreen Homes blog, but I thought the video also deserved a showing here. Take a look as we jack my poor self up 35 feet in a tiny bucket...
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Wireless Light Switches + Floor Outlets = Tighter & More Insulated Home
Earlier this week we posted on cutting labor costs associated with Cellulose insulation installs. It occured to me in some of the comments that we have never posted on our “magical” electrical strategy...
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A Better Low-Flow Showerhead?
It’s been some time since we’ve spoken directly about low-flow showerheads and other plumbing fixtures. We recently suggested our favorite low-flow showerhead to a client, the Jet-Stream 1.5 gpm...
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Permeable Pavement Options for LEED Projects
We have started to explore larger projects with our development company in Philadelphia that include shared off-street parking lots with a common driveway. This provides a new opportunity to explore...
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Design – Build Cost – Energy Efficiency Infographic
I have a topic for discussion that has been brewing in my head for some time. It is illustrated below in an educatedguessographic about the New Construction Home Building in the US. Discuss....
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James Bedell Adds Some Pro to Our Lighting Designs
If you consult for us we will post your picture on the web. James Bedell (@jamesbedell) has been a follower of the 100K project from the beginning. He also happens to be a young and talented...
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Two Point Five + 1two5 + .54
We just settled on the Two Point Five Beta yesterday marking the completion of Postgreen’s eighth house. We don’t have final photography or LEED results yet, so this is just a quick celebratory post...
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