February 13, 2007

We've reached a crossroads


We finally have all the bids in and we are a bit daunted by the cost to build our green, dream house. If we went for it we'd be maxed out which is really a place we'd rather not be. Important to point out, we had numbers from a traditional builder, who we would have guided through the green aspects we wanted and mygreenbuildings.com who focus their whole company on building green. It wasn't a matter of green costing that much more, it was a matter of the custom design in the end. We are now reevaluating how we'll move forward. The house will be built at some point but we have to really think about this.


posted by Mrs Gottfried at 10:35 AM 1 Comments

Eco-friendly search engine

Not only have the Ramsays created a great documentation of their green build on their blog but they have also created an Eco-friendly search engine using google. You can view that at the Link. They hope to grow this as a resource for all things green. Something much needed as everything about building green takes a lot of research and luck to find useful information on the web.

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posted by Mrs Gottfried at 10:29 AM 1 Comments

The Ramsay Home Project

I received an email from The Ramsays, newlyweds up in Calgary who are also building green. You can view their blog here. They launched their blog early in 2006 and have made great strides forward. "While the project is still in its infancy, the vision is to build an environmentally responsible, small foot-print house that blends into Calgary’s historical neighbourhood of Ramsay, just outside the downtown core. The house will be primarily made of concrete and heated by the earth — with insulated-concrete-forms and super high-efficiency gas heating."

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posted by Mrs Gottfried at 10:17 AM 0 Comments