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Mother Earth Meets Chili King! – Who makes more heat? :)

Posted in Container House, Environment, Green Design, HowTo, ISBU, Shipping Containers, affordable housing, alternative construction, alternative housing, alternative power, architecture, construction, housing, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »

If you’ve been reading along…
You already know that this blog is all about my family’s quest to build an affordable, cool, energy efficient house out of recycled stuff like shipping containers and aircraft hangar components, that makes maximum use of earth friendly design, passive solar heating and cooling, geothermal exchange,  energy management, and common-sense sizing [...]

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A Shipping Container Community, anyone?

Posted in Container House, Environment, Green Design, HowTo, ISBU, Shipping Containers, affordable housing, alternative construction, alternative housing, architecture, construction, housing, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 24, 2009 | 3 Comments »

As most of you know, I’m the guy building homes out of shipping containers. And, it seems that I’m not alone. Over the last several months, we’ve garnered a following of about 68,000 plus people, most of whom are looking to build a home of their own, without having to sell their souls to those [...]

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I’ve got an 800 pound Gorilla in a can!

Posted in Container House, Energy, Environment, Green Design, ISBU, Shipping Containers, affordable housing, alternative construction, alternative housing, alternative power, architecture, construction, housing, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Do too! Wanna see?
First, I beg your forgiveness over my absence for the last several days…
My days of late have been rather hectic. Chemo and Radiation are cruel mistresses, and my wife Char isn’t bearing up too well. In fact, we spent the last few days in the ICU at our local hospital, working [...]

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Geothermal Energy: The Journey to the Center of the Girth… :)

Posted in Container House, Energy, Environment, Green Design, HowTo, ISBU, Shipping Containers, Technology, affordable housing, alternative construction, alternative housing, alternative power, architecture, construction, housing, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 4, 2009 | 6 Comments »

Man, this building a home out of 40′ ISBUs (shipping containers) is getting harder and harder!
I crawled out of my cave today, and looked at the sky. For several days in a row, we’ve been plagued by lighting, thunder, and downpours that last just long enough to turn the place into a sauna, and make [...]

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