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The Green Home Tour
Posted by Philip Higgs on April 10, 2007 - 7:55am.

I’m just a humble guy trying to do my part – however small – to make my house as energy efficient and green as I can. Meaning, when I can afford the time and money. But a lot of Boulder folk are going whole grass-fed hog. (Witness the Solar Harvest House, of which I blogged some time ago.) I’d like to start featuring some of these houses and their owners, both to show you what’s possible when going green, and to give myself some swell ideas for the future of my own place.

To lead off the series, here’s a bit of the solar work my friend Dave’s been up to at his place. I’ll give you the 25-cent tour today, with a longer discussion with Dave on Thursday. More of these little profiles should pop up once a month or so; do let me know how you like them.



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beautiful home
by Vicki_R on April 10, 2007 - 3:36pm
That house looks beautiful.  Did he do much if any of the work himself?  It looks pretty impressive.  Love the color green on his home too.

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how much...
by Jeddadiah on April 10, 2007 - 5:51pm
This is awesome! But how much does something like this set you back? How long does it take to pay for itself? How much carbon does it offset? You've show us the pics (great!) now show me the money.
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patience
by phiggs on April 10, 2007 - 6:09pm

Always champing at the bit, Jed. I'll get to those sorts of things on Thursday with a more text-basedtalk with Dave.

 

Vicki: While I'm pretty sure he didn't do any of the physical labor, he did put togehter much of the package. Dave's a former fellow at the Rocky Mountain Institute, so he knows his green. 


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good as it looks
by Vicki_R on April 11, 2007 - 3:22pm

Please pass on to him how great his home looks.  If it functions as good as it looks then he should go into another line of work- green home consultant.  But I too would be interested to know the cost of something like that. 

Did he build the home himself  or did he renovate an existing one?


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