Eco-Sense Tour on Wednesday May 18, 2011

Posted on May 17, 2011 | 1 comment

SPECIAL ECO-SENSE TOUR for people registered for one or more days at the Natural building Colloquium at O.U.R EcoVillage from May 19th-22nd.  Check out link for details on the Colloquium.  Ann and Gord will be at OUR EcoVillage on Saturday May 21st and Gord is giving a presentation in the afternoon.

Eco-Sense Tour:  REGISTRATION REQUIRED!  email: ann@eco-sense.ca

When: Wed. May 18th from 3pm-5pm

Cost: $20 per person

Where: 3295 Compton Road, in the Highlands (Victoria, BC)

MUST BE REGISTERED FOR ONE OR MORE DAYS AT THE COLLOQUIUM!

Tour group learning about grey water

Tour group learning about Living roofs

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SHAW TV: Eco-Sense home for Earth Day Weekend

Posted on April 21, 2011 | Leave a comment

Shaw TV in Victoria, BC will be running a short piece on the Eco-Sense home.
Starting Thursday April 21st at 6pm and running all earth day weekend.

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Eco-Sense Public tour Sunday April 3rd, 2011

Posted on March 28, 2011 | Leave a comment

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

UTUBE clip of Gord and Ann:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfF2HHgT9Iw

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.html

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!

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Eco-Sense Home in Sierra Magazine

Posted on March 8, 2011 | 2 comments

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.

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Trim Tab Magazine – Article on Living Buildings

Posted on January 26, 2011 | 1 comment

Case study on three registered Living Building Projects.  Read Trim Tab online or just peek at the PDF for this article.  201101 Ecosense Trim Tab

Full case study on the ILBI website:  here

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