Posted on August 14, 2010 by mmuhsam
This month we are excited to visit the latest project by one of Seattle premier green builder Dwell Development. Exceeding Built Green 5-Star and targeting LEED Platinum certification, 436dwell is destined to be one of the most efficient speculative homes built to date in the city of Seattle. Utilizing techniques such as superior air sealing and [...]
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Posted on August 12, 2010 by mmuhsam
The foundation has been formed and poured for the first home at YS Development’s Bellevue 41st Street Development and they are now ready to construct the framing that will serve as the structural and interior bones of the home. The structural engineering behind a homes framing is intricate and highly technical, but we would like [...]
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Posted on July 14, 2010 by mmuhsam
It could be said that outside of design and use of sustainable materials, this entire project revolves around the efforts undertaken to properly air seal and highly insulate this home. As we have mentioned before Dwell Development is on a path to creating Net Zero homes by 2012. An important part of attaining this goal [...]
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Posted on July 11, 2010 by mmuhsam
Saturday, July 24th. This month we are very excited to have an opportunity to take a closer look at Seattle’s first geothermal community. The Shilshole Pointe project by JRJ Development at it’s completion, will be a collection of seven Built Green 4-Star homes in the Sunset Hill neighborhood of Ballard. Aside from the Geothermal [...]
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Posted on July 2, 2010 by mmuhsam
For our next green building informal case studies we will be following the construction by YS Development of what will be four new green homes in Bellevue at the base of Somerset. This will be an exciting opportunity to talk about not only the steps involved in constructing one home, but how an entire community of homes comes together. These [...]
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Posted on July 2, 2010 by mmuhsam
An important aspect of green building is creating comfortable, healthy efficient interiors within a home. One of the many unique features of these homes is the choices that have made to heat the interior spaces and meet the homes domestic hot water needs. The single piece of technology Dwell Development has chosen for these purposes is a Navien Condensing 98% Water Heater. The [...]
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Posted on June 29, 2010 by mmuhsam
The Shilshole Pointe Geo Homes by JRJ Development will be the first installation of Geothermal Heating and Cooling for a community of homes in the City of Seattle. The project consists of seven homes, approximately 3150 square feet with sweeping views of the Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains. The various green features of each home will [...]
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Posted on June 19, 2010 by mmuhsam
From right here in our own backyard comes NovuStone, very cool handcrafted stone surfaces made with approximately 75% recycled content sourced from within 35 miles of it’s manufacture facility in Seattle’s Georgetown neighborhood. Of that 75%, 100% can be post-consumer recycled material. NovuStone is made from basically three ingredients: glass, a high performance ”portland-free” cement, and only a [...]
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