It’s been another month and time is chasing by. Here’s an outline of coverage from August. From newly published pieces this month, I noticed that our articles about colored solar panels and this New Mexico Passive House were shared a fair amount. For a visual look at what’s being shared, also make sure to check out Jetson Green on Pinterest.
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There’s an interesting Kickstarter campaign right now for an innovation called SmartThings. SmartThings is a Minnesota-based company and an open platform to connect everyday things to the internet to monitor, control, and automate. The company wants to add “intelligence to everyday things in your world, so that your life can be more awesome.“ It consists of a hub, “things,” maker tools, a cloud platform, and mobile app.
Marken Projects is working on another Passive House in British Columbia. This 3,500-square-foot home, made with a panelized prefab system like the Rainbow Duplex, will house two families and three generations under the same roof in Surrey, British Columbia. The aim is an affordable structure that uses 90% less energy for heating and cooling than a standard home. It’ll have triple-pane windows, an HRV, solar hot water, rainwater harvesting, no-VOC materials, and the ultra-efficient and airtight shell. Construction will take about five months, and I’ll provide an update with more detail at that time.
