Eco-Sense Public tour Sunday April 3rd, 2011

Hello,  It’s been almost 8 months since our last public tour, so due to many requests, we are going to have a public tour next Sunday April 3rd at 10 am.

Tour: Sunday April 3rd 10am – 12:30pm

Where: 3295 Compton Road in the Highlands  see link for map and directions

Parking: Please park at the bottom of the hill (there are a few spots up top for those with mobility challenges)

Cost: $20

What: tour of EVERYTHING!  See this link for info sheet on our home

Photo by Jeffery Bodset. Our living area. Kids playing chess.

Only 20 spots available – PLEASE email to reserve your spot.  ann@eco-sense.ca

There has been immense interest in our home since the announcement of the results of our petal certification for the Living Building Challenge in Oct 2010.   Jason McLennon (CEO of the Cascadia Green Building Council) and the author of the Living Building Challenge has referred to our home as “The World’s Greenest Modern House”.   The much coveted Living Building Challenge award is hanging on our living room wall.  Come and check it out.

Here is a list of just a few of the articles and case studies on our home:

Press release:  
http://ilbi.org/lbc/101011-certification-press-release

Certified LBC projects:  
http://ilbi.org/lbc/certified

ILBI Case study on Eco-Sense.  
http://ilbi.org/lbc/case_studies/ecosense/home

Trim Tab Magazine case study of EcoSense: 
http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/18e229e7#/18e229e7/6

Sierra Magazine – article written by Tom Cruickshank of Harrowsmith   link

USA Today:  
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/greenhouse/post/2010/10/cob-house-living-building-challenge/1

UTUBE clip of Gord and Ann:  

Mother Nature Network:  
http://www.mnn.com/your-home/green-building-remodeling/blogs/canadian-cob-house-achieves-living-building-certification

Building Green:  
http://www.buildinggreen.com/auth/article.cfm/2010/10/12/First-Projects-Certified-Under-Living-Building-Challenge-ILBI/

Eco-Structure Magazine:  
http://www.eco-structure.com/news/three-buildings-complete-first-living-building-challenge-audits.aspx

Inhabitat:  
http://inhabitat.com/2010/10/13/three-buildings-achieve-worlds-first-living-building-certification/certified-living-buildings-eco-sense-home-1/

BCSEA:  
http://www.bcsea.org/learn/news/2010/10/13/canadian-cob-house-achieves-living-building-certification

Webecoist:  
http://webecoist.com/2010/10/15/living-buildings-the-worlds-most-sustainable-structures/

Rainbow water Coalition:  
http://rainbowwatercoalition.blogspot.com/2010/10/first-living-buildings-announcedwith.html

CBC radio On-The-Island Oct 18, 2010

Rob Aid blog: 
http://www.robaid.com/tech/green-architecture-eco-sense-house.htm

Solarpedia: 
http://www.solaripedia.com/13/307/EcoSense%20House%20Has%20Style,%20Zero%20Waste.h
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Custom Home Online:  November 2010 – link here

BCSEA WATT’s Happening:  here Watt on Earth is a “Living Building”

Goldstream Gazette:  November 11, 2010 Highlands House Deemed “Living Building”

Business in Vancouver:  Oct 18, 2010 – by subscription only

Natural Life Magazine coming Jan/Feb 2011

Cheers,

Ann and Gord

“Nature doesn’t need managing…People need managing”

If it isn’t affordable… it isn’t sustainable.
Less life stuff… more life style!

Eco-Sense Home in Sierra Magazine

Photo by Jeffery Bodset. Our living area. Kids playing chess.

Jan/Feb 2011 issue

Article in Sierra Magazine written by Harrowsmith Editor Tom Cruickshank.

Photo by Jeffery Bodset. Eco-Sense home in the the morning sun.

 

Photo by Jeffery Bodset. Ann with mud. Cob lizard on root cellar.