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Great article - a MUST read!!

http://www.buildingscience.com/documents/insights/bsi-007-prioritizing-green2014it-s-the-energy-stupid/?full_view=1 Enjoy..... and let me see your thoughts people!!!!! Here let me go first.....Personally, I love this article; it's what I've been thinking and talking about for years. I like what LEED is try to teach but it's the way in which they go about it I have t… Continue

Added by Peter Turkow on November 12, 2009 at 7:30pm — No Comments

Last Minute openings for this weekend's cordwood workshop!!!

Don't miss this fantastic chance to learn this natural building technique in a picturesque setting. SOme features of the workshop: * Cordwood 101 power points including many photos of local cordwood stuctures. * Tour of my existing cordwood garage to show the do's and don't first hand. * Hours of guided hands-on instruction of cordwood building techniques on a 12 x 14 ft sauna project. * 2 extremely tasty & organic lunches included (coffee, OJ and donuts for breakfast options also included)… Continue

Added by Peter Turkow on September 23, 2009 at 9:41pm — No Comments

My friend Jim on CBS Sunday morning this past weekend about Cordwood!

This was a really great story they did on paper and it just so happens that my friend Jim who lives near Watertown built a beautiful 2 story cordwood home from papercrete. Would love to hear peoples comments or questions. http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5243310n&tag=contentMain;contentBody Continue

Added by Peter Turkow on August 19, 2009 at 9:58am — No Comments

An interesting article on cordwood saunas..and oh, by the way....I am I am hosting a cordwood sauna workshop this summer!

This is a great introduction for anyone interested in learning this incredible form of natural building and to have hands-on opportunity to to build cordwood this August (more information posted on www.rochestergreenliving.com) http://www.daycreek.com/DC/html/TMEN_No177.htm Enjoy! Continue

Added by Peter Turkow on July 6, 2009 at 11:30pm — No Comments

An interesting article to start a discussion

This was an interesting article my brother sent to me. This could already be or start to have an effect on Rochester area business and residential complexes. http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_20/b4131046570857.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index+-+temp_news+%2B+analysis Cheers, Peter Continue

Added by Peter Turkow on May 11, 2009 at 2:10pm — No Comments

Scientists Find 'Baffling' Link between Autism and Vinyl Flooring: Scientific American

An interesting article that was just sent to me......bamboo, wood and earthen floors are looking better all the time. http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=link-between-autism-and-vinyl Continue

Added by Peter Turkow on April 1, 2009 at 11:28am — No Comments

Is LEED certification helping or hurting the green movement?!

Me personally, I think LEED has good intentions but is far from what the desired outcome should be. I recently saw a documentary called, 'greening Southie' which shows the process a construction company goes through to achieve a LEED gold, luxury apartment complex in South Boston, MA. The movie showed all the green products going into the building (dual flush toilets, sustainably harvested lumber, non-formaldehyde glues, low VOC paint, ect) but they were shipped and trucked in from all over the… Continue

Added by Peter Turkow on March 10, 2009 at 11:52pm — 3 Comments

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