Saturday, March 28, 2009

webster duplex


2 winters ago, i started looking for ways to get involved with the green building community
i found Cascadia's Emerging Green Builders and I found Habitat for Humanity
i was eager to become involved with both and made minor attempts to assimilating into both

the EGB's were hosting a natural talent design competition to design a LEED silver duplex on a lot that habitat for humanity owned in the hopes that they would take the design winner and build it

my self-esteem was not in full swing that winter and even though i worked for hours on a duplex design and attended the design charette held at SERA, i didn't submit a proposal. i didn't even make it to a habitat site to volunteer

this was my floor plan



2 years later and i am an active volunteer for habitat for humanity and an intern for a green building construction company and am very excited to announce the completion of the habitat webster duplex

the webster duplex is being dedicated to its two families tomorrow night and is on the path of reaching LEED Platinum Certification! the oregonian featured it on the front page of their "how we live" section last week. you can read more here:

Habitat for Humanity homes in Portland aim for platinum LEED certification


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