Green Modern Kits News! Winter 2009

Greetings From Green Modern Kits!
Here is our latest news and updates for Winter 2009.

Virginia casa ti

If you haven't been following the blog of the Virginia off grid modern casa ti at http://www.greenmodernkits.com/casa-ti.htm, the house kit there is complete, the metal modern cladding, doors and windows are installed, and the structure is weather tight.

Next steps include surrounding the foundation with foam insulation, backfilling the dirt back to around the house kit, then concentrating on the interior and systems.

This weekend it was a cozy mid-60s in the house kit despite the February brisk breeze and temperatures in the 40s.

And this is before we have hooked up any of our systems - purely from the passive solar design working with the energy efficient structural insulated panels retaining the heat generated from the sun!

Here are some photographs of the exterior and interior progress so far:


Press

We have been very well received by the green building and design industry.
In December, Exclusively Home blogged on The R1 Residential!

A very nice blog post on the modern store Exclusively Home's blog, on The R1 Residential!

http://blog.exclusivelyhome.com/2008/11/r1-residential.html

"I just stumbled on this site recently that offers prefab, environmentally conscious home designs. The structures are made of SIPs, which gives the homes a leg up when it comes to energy efficiency over traditional home construction. Each home's panels are constructed at the closest SIPs plant to your project and then delivered ready to assemble. Love the thinking and the design behind the R1 Residential by Grace Street residential design systems. You can learn more about these Prefab homes at Greenmodernkits.com."

Thank you, Exclusively Home! We rather like The R1 Residential ourselves! : )

In January, Green Muze interviewed me and covered Green Modern Kits, Green Cottage Kits, and Green Cabin Kits.

We were also covered in Jetson Green and Tree Hugger, two of my favorite publications.

Rainwater Management Solutions

Rainwater Management Systems has some nice rainwater collection packages available right now and I encourage you to check them out:
http://www.rainwatermanagement.com/Packages.php

For more information call Rick Hall at (866) 653-8337 and tell him Copeland sent you. : )

...And that's our Winter Update!
As ground breaks on spring house kit construction elsewhere, I will send you links to their blogs so you can follow along with others' progress as they build.
I don't know about you, but I am eagerly looking forward to spring...

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at copeland@greenmodernkits.com.

Sincerely yours,
Copeland Casati

copeland casati
president
www.GreenModernKits.com
6902 park ave / rva 23226