Comments on: LEED Platinum Boulder House First in US to Use German System http://inhabitat.com/boulder-leed-platinum-house-first-in-us-to-use-german-system/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Sat, 25 May 2013 19:09:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: ColoBorn http://inhabitat.com/boulder-leed-platinum-house-first-in-us-to-use-german-system/comment-page-1/#comment-267930 ColoBorn Mon, 25 Oct 2010 14:51:14 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=176135#comment-267930 Greetings Andrew & Fellow Inhabitatians! Just a quick follow up from 2002 Alpine- We appreciate and thank you for the attention- while we wait for confirmation of a Platinum rating, we thought some clarifications might be helpful – - the home isn’t just 18% more efficient using energy, but needs less than 18% of the normal energy – 28 feet below grade on the north side, the warm earth gives 2002 a passive warm thermal constancy; - preconstruction waste of the home is only 0.7% - over 2,000% better than US norms, and projected deconstruction (if ever) of 2% is over 4,000% better. All questions are welcome – get us at 2002Alpine.com and we’ll happily get back to all promptly. Yes - better Design WILL save the world! Greetings Andrew & Fellow Inhabitatians!

Just a quick follow up from 2002 Alpine-
We appreciate and thank you for the attention- while we wait for confirmation of a Platinum rating, we thought some clarifications might be helpful –

- the home isn’t just 18% more efficient using energy, but needs less than 18% of the normal energy – 28 feet below grade on the north side, the warm earth gives 2002 a passive warm thermal constancy;

- preconstruction waste of the home is only 0.7% – over 2,000% better than US norms, and projected deconstruction (if ever) of 2% is over 4,000% better.

All questions are welcome – get us at 2002Alpine.com and we’ll happily get back to all promptly.

Yes – better Design WILL save the world!

]]> By: Morichella http://inhabitat.com/boulder-leed-platinum-house-first-in-us-to-use-german-system/comment-page-1/#comment-267323 Morichella Sat, 23 Oct 2010 12:06:16 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=176135#comment-267323 Excelent ! Best Project!! Congratulations. Excelent ! Best Project!!
Congratulations.

]]> By: mitchemj http://inhabitat.com/boulder-leed-platinum-house-first-in-us-to-use-german-system/comment-page-1/#comment-266099 mitchemj Wed, 20 Oct 2010 22:50:09 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=176135#comment-266099 I'm disappointed in inhabitat for praising a project solely on its environmental footprint. Yes, this house is a great example of forward thinking, reduction in construction waste, etc. But let me bring up a previous post that completely dismissed the $1 Billion dollar home in Mumbai. Mocked by your website as a huge waste of money, that project employed countless more people than this home in Boulder. Not to mention that the income of the person it was built for spent what would be the same as a person with $1 Million dollars on a $35,000 home. Yes, the environment needs to be considered, but contributing and employing countless numbers of middle class is truly more noble than building another home with one GC and a few sub contractors in Boulder, CO. At least the billionaire in Mumbai built his home in the throws of the city; vertically. He could have just as easily sprawled the same square footage on hundreds of acres of land. I’m disappointed in inhabitat for praising a project solely on its environmental footprint. Yes, this house is a great example of forward thinking, reduction in construction waste, etc. But let me bring up a previous post that completely dismissed the $1 Billion dollar home in Mumbai. Mocked by your website as a huge waste of money, that project employed countless more people than this home in Boulder. Not to mention that the income of the person it was built for spent what would be the same as a person with $1 Million dollars on a $35,000 home. Yes, the environment needs to be considered, but contributing and employing countless numbers of middle class is truly more noble than building another home with one GC and a few sub contractors in Boulder, CO. At least the billionaire in Mumbai built his home in the throws of the city; vertically. He could have just as easily sprawled the same square footage on hundreds of acres of land.

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