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Would you live in a house that walks?
Wednesday, 22 Oct, 2008 – 9:09 | Comments
Would you live in a house that walks?

This is a great one. A house that walks. Looks a little odd, costs to much for it’s target market at $51,000, but it is cool! As for the price, they expect …

Google Launches Project 10 to the 100th
Thursday, 25 Sep, 2008 – 7:25 | Comments
Google Launches Project 10 to the 100th

With the Mantra of May Those Who Help The Most Win, it is hard not to want to learn more about Google’s project 10 to the 100th.
Never in history have so many people had so …

Power Film Solar – 20 years of manufacturing thin film flexible solar.
Thursday, 14 Aug, 2008 – 14:34 | Comments
Power Film Solar – 20 years of manufacturing thin film flexible solar.

This is yet another remarkable product that I came upon at the Outdoor Retailer Convention. Power Film Solar a printed thin film solar product.
This note on the thin film solar product they produce is directly …

The debate rolls on with Ceramic Paint On Insulation.
Tuesday, 22 Jul, 2008 – 10:58 | Comments

This was a very interesting post over at Treehugger about the legitimacy of Ceramic Paint On Insulation. Basically the result was a resounding it might work, but who knows. You see, it is …

A primer on Geothermal Heat pumps at Low Impact Living.
Sunday, 20 Jul, 2008 – 1:03 | Comments

I came upon this post today over at low impact living.  Titled Are Geothermal Heat Pumps For You?
it provides a concise primer on Geothermal Heat Pumps and is a very
worthwhile read for anyone thinking about …

Shipping container homes get national press.
Friday, 18 Jul, 2008 – 5:48 | Comments
Shipping container homes get national press.

I have been posting on shipping container homes for some time now and in my comments and feedback I get many who think this is just another flash in the pan.  That they will never …

Blu Homes have officially launched and they are on their way to Utah and Massachusetts.
Thursday, 17 Jul, 2008 – 14:26 | Comments
Blu Homes have officially launched and they are on their way to Utah and Massachusetts.

I have had the wonderful opportunity to work with one of the founders of Blu Homes as they scouted locations and scoured the country finding the city with right fit for their innovative, new, prefab …

Video of Velib, Paris’s Bike Share Program. Can’t wait to see this in Salt Lake City.
Wednesday, 16 Jul, 2008 – 11:13 | Comments

It has been a year since they launched Velib, Paris’s highly successful bike share program and on the 15th  StreetFilms launched a very nice video about the program. 
Here in Salt Lake City the Mayor’s …

Work on nations largest Zero Energy Development to begin this fall.
Wednesday, 16 Jul, 2008 – 6:52 | Comments

According to this article in the Denver Business Journal work on what is considered the nations largest Zero Energy Development will begin this fall, 6 months later than planned. 
The development called Geos Neighborhood bills …

Gorilla Design to build Salt Lake City’s first (that I know of) shipping container home.
Tuesday, 15 Jul, 2008 – 11:22 | Comments
Gorilla Design to build Salt Lake City’s first (that I know of) shipping container home.

Last Friday I had the great pleasure of meeting with Roi Maufas and Alyssa Kay of Gorilla Design to discuss their new shipping container project just South of Liberty Park here in Salt Lake City. …

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