Tag: affordable
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First NYC Shipping Container Home Receives Final Certificate of Occupancy
After more than two years in construction and red tape, the shipping container home that David Boyle and his wife, Michele Bertomen, who is an architecture professor at New York Institute of Technology, have been building received its final certificate of occupancy from the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) on February 28, 2013.…
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This Week in Energy News for March 23, 2013
This week in Jetson Green Energy News, solar power is gaining momentum in Japan and Greece, competition is growing in offshore wind farms, Californians have inexpensive solar investment opportunities, D.C. government agencies will be powered by 100% renewable energy, and we have new upcoming green events. Japan to Get 111 MW PV Solar Facility Softbank,…
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Inspiration Home is Affordable Cottage for Energy-Conscious Washington State
Scott Bergford is a custom builder in Olympia, Washington, who is managing to keep his company afloat during the housing slump by building green, cottage-style homes that are affordable and use high-performance technologies and products. His Scott Homes are known to be “some of the most energy efficient houses in Washington State.” The recently built…
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A House for All Seasons: D*Haus 8-in-1 Modular is a House for All People
Experimental design and architectural firm, D*Haus Company, takes their inspiration for the creation of structures, furniture, and lighting from mathematics, most specifically from Henry Ernest Dudeney, the mathemetician who figured out how to evolve a perfect square into an equilateral triangle. Their D*Haus modular homes demonstrate their belief that ideas “can help improve and inspire…
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BluServ™Plus Brings You Full-Service Homebuilding from Blu® Homes
Blu® Homes is now offering “start to finish” project management services so that they can more easily provide customers with precision-engineered, green prefabricated houses. BluServ™ Plus services include design, fixed bid, general contractor, schedule management, project management, and site work. “Our clients asked us to provide this service, so we built a national team of…