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Bricks, mortar, carpentry and a touch of insanity | Green Home Chronicle
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THE OWNER-BUILDER’S JOURNAL. Bricks, mortar, carpentry and a touch of insanity. Posted by Ken Edelstein. On Thursday, August 1st 2013. Can a lifelong desk jockey build an energy efficient, environmentally correct house in the Deep South? OK, then: Can he build it without getting taken for a financial ride? Lori Bork Newcomer’s front elevation drawing of our green dream house. Then, a few years ago, I got help from Kennesaw State University’s Center for Sustainable Journalism. It was a one-man shop. I...
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Our forest in the city | Green Home Chronicle
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THE OWNER-BUILDER’S JOURNAL. Our forest in the city. Posted by Ken Edelstein. On Thursday, August 8th 2013. Two strains of environmental thinking could pull you in opposite directions when it comes to the preferred location for a green house. The dominant idea nowadays is built on the assumption that the really big environmental problems climate change, land use, water quality, transportation get worse as people spread themselves thinly. Restoring our lot with native species and trees gets us LEED points.
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Team building equals green building | Green Home Chronicle
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THE OWNER-BUILDER’S JOURNAL. Team building equals green building. Posted by Ken Edelstein. On Thursday, August 22nd 2013. When Silvia and I resumed the planning for our house after a four-year hiatus, we knew we’d need to surround ourselves with a competent team. Lori Bork Newcomer designed this LEED Platinum house for her family in Athens, Ga. (Photo by Elizabeth Maves). Read my previous journal entry.). So I set about last year assembling what I consider to be an all-star green homebuilding team. I...
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A green sense of place in North Georgia | Green Home Chronicle
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THE OWNER-BUILDER’S JOURNAL. A green sense of place in North Georgia. Posted by Ken Edelstein. On Wednesday, August 7th 2013. I’ve been arguing with my friend Ned for years about the environment in general and climate change in particular. Nowadays, Ned’s an oilman. But we grew up together in Atlanta, and he introduced me to the cozy magnificence of North Georgia. Read my previous journal entry.). We were looking forward to our end-of-the-trip feast. Ned’s mother agreed to pick us up at Andy’...Our last ...
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DIY tips: Alternatives to architects | Green Home Chronicle
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THE OWNER-BUILDER’S JOURNAL. DIY tips: Alternatives to architects. Posted by Ken Edelstein. On Tuesday, September 3rd 2013. FreeGreen.com is an online startup that provides stock plans for sustainable houses. For a complete new house, a pre-designed off-the-shelf plan can be the least expensive way to go. Theoretically, you can acquire a set of plans (or, more accurately, the right to use those plans) for less than $1,000. And one startup. Category: GREEN HOME HOW-TO. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. All you ...
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I am <i>not</i> a DIY idiot | Green Home Chronicle
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THE OWNER-BUILDER’S JOURNAL. Posted by Ken Edelstein. On Wednesday, August 21st 2013. An HGTV show called Disaster DIY. Showcases the bad ideas, money pits and utter failure of people who thought they were smart enough to do what contractors do professionally. I really don’t want to be on that show. In fact, I brace myself for what goes through people’s minds and, even worse, is liable to pass through their lips when I tell them I’m my own general contractor. Read my previous journal entry.). OK So the f...
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Retrofitting the renovation | Green Home Chronicle
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THE OWNER-BUILDER’S JOURNAL. Posted by Ken Edelstein. On Monday, October 21st 2013. Carl Seville took a quick look at the floor plans I rolled out for him one afternoon last year, looked up over his glasses and fired out the kind of blunt comment (paired with textbook snicker) that is his trademark. Carl’s been at this a long time. In the early 1980s, he founded Sawhorse Inc. Which is now one of the most successful regional green-building certification programs in the country. Carl has a gift for cutting...
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Good architects, bad fit | Green Home Chronicle
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THE OWNER-BUILDER’S JOURNAL. Good architects, bad fit. Posted by Ken Edelstein. On Tuesday, August 20th 2013. Our first decision turned out to be our first mistake. We were hunting for architects, and were wowed by a prominent husband-and-wife team. He’s a professor with an Ivy League degree. They’d just won a local contest to design an affordable green house. Read my previous journal entry.). We signed the standard contract:. The truth was we weren’t a good fit. I’m sure we were a disappointment to ...
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About Green Home Chronicle | Green Home Chronicle
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THE OWNER-BUILDER’S JOURNAL. About Green Home Chronicle. Green Home Chronicle is one family’s story of our quest to build an energy efficient, environmentally sound house in Atlanta, Georgia. We’re neither homebuilders nor architects, but we’re managing our own project and learning a lot along the wauy. My name’s Ken Edelstein. I’m an environmental journalist in Atlanta who’s building a website on the sustainable built environment called RenewATL. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Required fields are marked *.