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That’s right, these LEED certified homes in Sacramento are saving some serious cashish on energy bills. Roughly up to 75% on energy bills, that is, when the full power of the geothermal heating and cooling system is paired with the solar setup. Not bad. The project is called 9onF — it’s a nine-home community with three-level units ranging in size from 1,300 – 1,550 sf. Prices start at roughly $495,000, and depending on which unit you buy, the home will vary slightly with the others. For example, three units have solar panels, three have the option for solar, and the last three have too much shade (which is not necessarily a bad thing). Also, the homes are maxed out with non-toxic finishes to provide a healthy indoor air quality, and being LEED certified and all, a home in 9onF is certain to have all sorts of green goodies. I’d like to post some real pics if anyone out there has any …
++Eco Houses Hailed in Downtown Sacramento [sacbee]
Allison Arieff tells it like it is in this interview with LA Times. This weekend, Arieff, Michelle Kaufmann, Jennifer Siegal, and Rocio Romero will be doing a panel called "The 4 Women of Prefab" at CA Boom Show in Santa Monica, California, March 14-16, 2008. I’d do anything to be there for that! Any one handy with a video that will be there, email: jetsongreen at yahoo dot com.
Also, check the CA Boom Show Flickr photos, if you can’t be there.
That’s right, it’s LEED Gold, so this HGTV Green Home giveaway thing is legit. Located in Tradition Hilton Head, South Carolina, the HGTV Green Home is only 2,000 sf big, which is incredible for a giveaway home. Make sure to give their website a look — you can browse hundreds of photos and videos, and possibly grab some inspiration. Also, enter the sweepstakes if you want … here’s what Jim Samples, HGTV President, had to say:
If you’re on the West Coast and want to check out modern prefab a la Dwell, the experts of modern prefab, now’s your chance. The Dwell NextHouse by Empyrean – Silicon Valley will be open for tours to the public March 29-30, 2008. The 2,400 sf prefab was designed to accommodate natural light, solar orientation, seasonal shading from vegetation, and prevailing wind movement, and also to contribute to passive heating and cooling.
Plus, for a sneak preview of the inside of the Silicon Valley NextHouse, I’ve embedded a little video from sallyTV founder, Sally Kuchar, interior designer for the project. I think you’ll enjoy the over dub …
Concourse E broke ground on two super green projects last December in Atlanta that intend to move beyond LEED and into a greener realm of living. Committed to the Architecture 2030 Challenge, Concourse E homes will consume roughly 60-90% less energy than comparable sized conventional homes. Concourse E owner Jeff Demetriou instilled the company with the idea that a modern home is not truly modern unless it takes the environment into account. Hence, Concourse E uses its own green building classification system called Greensphere. The company rating system has three levels, 1-3, with 3 being the best. Both of the projects you see below have descriptions from the website and are Greensphere 3 rated projects.
