Home Building Blog - Eco-Friendly and Green
Home Building Diary
July 29th, 2006 by Ryan JohnstonWe have not gone away at the Ramsay House Project! We have both been working on our business, AdWords-Target.com, hopefully to help fund some of our large green project 
We stumbled upon this great blog yesterday of another home builder blogging about the experience online. Enjoy!
Home Construction Diary
This is a diary about the construction of a small house. My name is Greg Manter, and I’m the owner of this house-to-be. My contractor is Marshall Schwenk and I’m his one-man crew.
Yes, my house is going to be small, but it’s designed to be easily expandable. 584 square feet of heated space, plus 120 square feet of porches. That’s plenty of room for a 12×16 living room, 12×16 bedroom/office, 8×8 kitchen, and 8×8 bathroom/laundry. The spiral stair will be in a 6×6 stairwell. There will be 6×10 porches on both the first and second floor.
The house style is Charleston Single House. The narrow end faces the street, porches run along the side overlooking a side-garden. The style is beautiful and comfortable … if we execute it correctly, my little house will be too.
Read more at the Home Building Diary.
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The Zerofootprint challenge
July 18th, 2006 by Ryan JohnstonIf you have an idea that could help others reduce their ecological footprint, then head over to the Zerofootprint Challange and contribute today!
The Zerofootprint challenge is about simple ideas that can empower individuals to create massive change that could dramatically reduce our ecological footprint.
The criteria for small ideas that will have an impact include:
Zerofootprint Criteria for Small Ideas
1. Simple: The idea should be simple to describe.
2. Reproducible: If the idea works for one instance it should be replicable to another with little or no modification.
3. Scalable: As the idea is applied in more and more instances the relative cost of administering it should not change or should increase slowly.
4. Incentive Structure: The incentive structure should be well matched to the task. All participants should have some positive reward from participating. It should be a win-win-win situation.
5. Impact: If successful, the idea should have a very significant impact on reducing our ecological footprint and should foster sustainable commerce.