Another Green Blog Appearance

http://www.jetsongreen.com/2008/09/net-zero-living.htm




Interest in BrightBuilt is gaining some serious momentum. Jetson Green is a cool blog that gave the team a nice nod today. Gee, Thanks! We like you too.

They've covered Bensonwood before, so they know what kind of great stuff our Walpole buddies can do. 

Please don't forget to check out the rest of the team's links over there to the right. It's a talented bunch who helped put this together.

Naomi's New Photos

Alan and his team are making great progress. Most of the interior finish boards are in. The cool part is that this can happen before the electricians are finished with their work. This is a true mark of a disentangled building.

Keith, Alan, his electricians (Kevin and David), and Myself worked out the footswitch details, based on Brian Lazarus' prototype (below). There will be no actual light switches on the walls, but instead we'll have integral, clickable plates at various locations along the face of the base chase. This will not only keep the walls pristine, but also easily allow for future changes in switch location if walls are ever moved or added. They will be LED-backlit and just proud of the faceof the baseboard for visibility, and proportioned so that a simple push from the foot, even from the side, will activate them.

BrightBuilt on TreeHugger!

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/09/bright-built-barn.php


BrightBuilt Barn has been Treehugged!

Funny end line: "If it isn't the greenest project we have presented, it is certainly the best marketed, with a website, a wiki, a blog and an extensive press kit. We will check back when the interior is finished."

Click on the link to view the full article.

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We Get Treehugged!

Today BrightBuilt Barn received a nice review at Treehugger, a leading eco-tech and sustainable lifestyle blog.

Here's the link:

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/09/bright-built-barn.php

Great BrightBuilt article in the paper!

The BrightBuilt Barn was featured on the cover of the Portland Press Herald Business section today. Maine USGBC has also linked to it on their front page.

http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=209134&ac=PHbiz

Progress continues on the Barn. Naomi Beal, our photographer, grabbed some great shots last week of Alan Gibson's progress. The plumber and electrician are in there now, integrating their work with the renewable energy systems, which were started by Revision Energy a few weeks ago. The irony is that in the next one(s), all of this work will be done in Bensonwood's factory, and brought in completed.

On site, Alan, Keith and I added a cool new feature: some of the baseboards will be attached on magnetic latches for easy access. This is primarily for show-and-tell. And no, we haven't run this by the code guys...yet.