Peter Turkow's Blog (7)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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