Documenting the design and construction from start to finish of a Passivhaus (Passive House) in Ottawa, Canada. Insider info on what it's like working with an architect and costs associated with building.
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Here are the videos from our Periscope house tour from June 2nd.
Construction updates are minimal: drywall and siding! The whole house has been boarded now. We're moving on to plastering. And the siding on the South side will be up this week. Feeling the time/money squeeze!
For anyone who missed our last tour, and for those geographically challenged, Mark will be live-streaming this upcoming Thursday (June 2) at 11 am EST. You'll have to download the Periscope App to tune-in. Follow @marktrosen. Highly recommend you do so because you can ask him questions and interact as he walks you through the house.
A Passive House in England, designed by architect Richard Hawkes
I was reminded of a great UK tv show after speaking with one of our tour-goers. Britain's first Passive House, amongst others, have been featured on it. It's such a great show – Grand Designs. I really wish our HGTV had something more to offer... Host Kevin McCloud documents self-builds of particular architectural interest. It's in it's 16th season now and has off-shoots in Australia and 'Abroad'. It's worth checking out (although I noticed most of the videos have recently been removed from YouTube :( I found a couple for you through other channels:
Britain's first Passive House
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xm279a_grand-designs-s09e04-the-eco-arch-kent_tech
A Passive House in the Cotswolds:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xm0zu1_aaf-grand-designs-s10e02-pdtv_tech
And my all-time favourite Grand Designs episode:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2jmjo3_grand-designs-series-14-4-of-10-the-shipping-containers-house_tv
The sun sets over another week.
The last two walls went up this Monday. Here is a Periscope from the weekend with a special guest star appearance. Teaser: it was me. We put the final touches on the walls together.
We are counting our blessings lately for all this "warm" weather.
My techie husband has started to Periscope from site. What does that mean? Periscope is social video streaming. You can follow him live when he's on site, listen to him explain things as he walks around the house, ask him questions and interact. The future is now.
Follow him @marktrosen. He'll probably announce the live stream on Twitter beforehand. If you're not following him on Twitter yet, get on that. He's been posting his own updates there too. AND if that's not enough, our builders Cornelis Grey have been Periscoping too. Follow them @cornelisgrey.
Mark's first broadcast on Periscope
I found this video on a Portland builder's site. It resonates. Because no matter how green or well-built you make your building, if it's not beautiful and functional, it will end up getting torn down like the rest of 'em.
