{"id":877,"date":"2008-01-19T07:28:02","date_gmt":"2008-01-19T15:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/2008\/01\/19\/a-really-green-house\/"},"modified":"2008-01-19T07:28:02","modified_gmt":"2008-01-19T15:28:02","slug":"a-really-green-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/2008\/01\/19\/a-really-green-house\/","title":{"rendered":"A Really Green House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year, a company called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.loraxdevelopment.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Lorax Development<\/a> (Yes, inspired by the Dr. Seuss tale of the same name) opened a home to the public they developed in the Mission District (San Francisco) called the Clipper House. This is a traditional Victorian row house in the neighborhood that has been remodeled, not a new home from the ground up. What makes this house different? It was the culmination of 5 years of effort by the three founders of Lorax, Mike Kerwin, Joel Micucci and Pat Loughran, to demonstrate that a green and efficient home can still be stylish and livable. Boy did they succeed!<br \/>\n<br \/>\nSome of the distinct features of the home include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rainwater harvest, cleansing, and storage for use in non-potable areas (for everything other than drinking and bathing)<\/li>\n<li>Solar PV (photovoltaic) panels to generate electricity<\/li>\n<li>Solar thermal hot water heater for home radiant heating as well as traditional hot water demands<\/li>\n<li>Insulation made from recycled denim<\/li>\n<li>Teak hardwood flooring from recycled railroad ties<\/li>\n<li>Energy efficient doors and windows<\/li>\n<li>Foundation is 40% fly ash cement substitute<\/li>\n<li>Strategically located skylights for sunlight harvest<\/li>\n<li>Fiber cement siding<\/li>\n<li>Low VOC paints<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a peek at the inside of the greenest house in San Francisco:<br \/>\n<center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/pix\/clipper-house1.jpg\" alt=\"Clipper House, the greenest house in San Francisco\" \/><br \/><small>Photo Credit: Inhabitat<\/small><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year, a company called Lorax Development (Yes, inspired by the Dr. Seuss tale of the same name) opened a home to the public they developed in the Mission District (San Francisco) called the Clipper House. This is a traditional Victorian row house in the neighborhood that has been remodeled, not a new home [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}