From our friends at Renewable Energy Solutions and Green Remodeling in Boise: This month’s Sustainable Energy Sustainable Homes Seminar is: Introduction to Photovoltaics Thursday, March 8th, 7pm to 9pm U of I’s Integrated Design Lab 306 S. 6th – (6th & Broad) $10 at the door or $50 for the series Seminar topics: what is [...] Read More
Below is a guest post with some information about the sustainability benefits of a timber frame home. There are some valid green arguments that can be made, and with most products, a lot of shades of green. Enjoy. Photos by Gravitas. By Erik Braunitzer, and courtesy of Douglas Elliman Real Estate Company, agents for NYC [...] Read More
The Pipestone is a traditional log home with a spacious open floor plan. This plan has a large owners suite on the main level, office, laundry and powder room. A full wrap around deck doubles the livable area on the main floor and opens up the opportunities for entertaining, or spending lazy afternoons in a [...] Read More
The Columbia was designed for a family living in Eastern Oregon wanting a home office, and plenty of room to raise their growing family. This 5 bedroom, 3 1/2 bath 5,006 square foot home features a loft level fireplace and multiple zones of activity, allowing the family to maximize their use of the home. A [...] Read More
The Roaring Fork was designed as a mountain getaway for the Roaring Fork Valley. Designed to take advantage of a hillside perch, this home tucks into the terrain while opening up multiple living spaces to the valley beyond. The owner’s suite has an office, and large his and hers walk-in-closets. The dining room is made [...] Read More
The Palouse is a traditional log home with an expansive wrap around deck that greatly increases the livable area. The main floor open living space joins together the kitchen, dining and gathering room with easy access to the owner’s suite, all on one level. The public areas are open and vaulted whereas the space over [...] Read More
This home is a classically styled Timber Frame Hybrid, based upon our popular Bear Creek model. This home was customized and modified for a couple building in Bear Lake, Idaho. What do we mean by hybrid? A traditional timber frame home has a skeleton made of cut timbers, fitted to each other. This skeleton provides [...] Read More
The Goodwood is a 3787 SF home on two levels. It has three bedrooms and 2.5 baths. Open living on the main floor combines the living, kitchen, and dining. The Goodwood has a large open deck on the view side and a welcoming covered porch to protect awaiting guests from the rain. The Owners Suite [...] Read More
Now that the log walls are stacked out, it’s time to start on the roof system. While setting the walls takes some skill, it is quickly learned, and repeated over, and over, and over again. This cabin stacked out pretty quickly. With the roof system being set, comes an order of magnitude in complication. In [...] Read More
This might be of interest to some of our log home and timber frame home friends. Good news/bad news, depending on which side of the tree you are on. This will have an impact on the whole housing industry though, not just the full timber homes. From The Idaho Business Review by Brad Carlson Published: [...] Read More
We are excited to hear that The Boise Architecture Project is taking up the cause of documenting and compiling information about the known Art Trounter homes in Boise. We posted a couple of articles a few years back about some of the Troutner homes we had the opportunity to visit. If you have any information about Troutner homes [...] Read More
From our friends at Green Remodeling and Renewable Energy Solutions Hi folks, The winter sun is shining through this morning! Second Thursday means time for another SESH seminar. This week we begin the solar portion of the series: Introduction to Solar Energy: We’ll explore why we’re interested in solar energy, our solar resource and how it [...] Read More
This is a project that is now completed. We started the Design Phase a little less than a year ago with some really fun clients in Boise. They had an awkward entry from the garage that brought you into a small laundry-mudroom and a cluster of doors to the office, living, bath, and closet, not [...] Read More
Boise Case Studies, plus Air-Sealing your Home 7:00-9:00 p.m. Thursday, 12/09, $10 Integrated Design Lab (108 N. 6th) part of the Sustainable Energy, Sustainable Homes seminar series Do you want a home that’s low maintenance, inexpensive to heat and cool, and can maybe even produce it’s own energy? Join us this Thursday for a local showcase of energy [...] Read More
Some more valuable information about radiant heating. We often get questions about radiant heating, the advantages, the costs, the disadvantages. Warmboard is answering some of those questions in this newsletter. You can read the full newsletter here. Some highlights that I know our readers will find helpful are comments from the builder Bret Gripenstraw on [...] Read More
Radiant heat is great. It feels good, and paired with an efficient boiler it can be a very clean heat. I was taken back when I got a newsletter from Warmboard this summer that talked about the Romans using radiant heat 2000 years ago, I had never thought of it in that context. I would take it a step [...] Read More
The most rewarding projects we work on, are those that have active involvement of the owner, a meshing of ideals, and design aesthetic, and a level of trust, from both parties, for both parties. We were blessed recently with one of those rewarding projects that we designed for a local Boise couple, recently relocated from Austin, Texas. [...] Read More
From our friends at Green Remodeling… I hope you’ll consider joining us for the next seminar… Regular home maintenance is just a part of what it means to be a homeowner. But what if you could protect natural resources and save money- all while maintaining your home in tip top condition? You can and you’ll [...] Read More
Leader of the cohousing movement to talk at Boise State University’s Sustainability Day Wednesday, October 20, 2010 – 7pm Jordan Ballroom – Student Union, Boise State University Community: The Secret Ingredient to Sustainability “Cohousing is about living the good life while using less of the earth’s resources, and having a good time doing it.” – [...] Read More
Last posting we saw the foundation going in, and the first course being stacked up. Honka offers many different profile sizes and shapes, and utilizes an interlocking corner. What’s unique about their profile system is the interlocking ball at the corner. This maximizes the surface area on contact at the corners. I recommend investigating any [...] Read More
A message below from Andrea Bogle of Green Remodeling followed by the scoop from Steve Howe of Renewable Energy Solutions. We heard a lot of good feedback about these seminars last year. I hope you can attend. Hello, Everyone, I’d like to invite you to a seminar series co-sponsored by Green Remodeling, and partially taught [...] Read More