zBlog http://z-home.org/blog The ongoing story of zHome, as it happens Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:33:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 z-home/bloghttp://feedburner.google.com zHome at Next 50 Energy Fair at Seattle Center this weekend June 28th and 29th – don’t miss it! http://z-home.org/blog/2012/04/zhome-at-next-50-energy-fair-at-seattle-center-this-weekend-june-28th-and-29th-dont-miss-it/ http://z-home.org/blog/2012/04/zhome-at-next-50-energy-fair-at-seattle-center-this-weekend-june-28th-and-29th-dont-miss-it/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:27:53 +0000 Brad Liljequist http://z-home.org/blog/?p=1902 There’s so many cool things happening in conjunction with the 50th Anniversary of the Seattle Center, but my personal favorite is the energy fair, happening each day this weekend from 10-5.  Located in a big tent in the heart of the fun forest, there’s going to be a big top tent full of the latest, greatest energy ideas for your home.  zHome will be on display there.  Make sure you check out the House of the Immediate Future - sponsored by Seattle Habitat for Humanity, showcasing deep green energy technologies – it’s being built on site and will be transported to a site in Greenbridge later in the year. 

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Tim Haeck, reporter for KIRO FM, did a very interesting feature story on zHome.  zHome recently became the first community of WaterSense certified homes in the United States, and this is a big part of his story.  Check it out!

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I’m a little embarrassed to be posting these links right now – I’ve been a contributing blogger for Dwell magazine online since September of last year, and posting a couple of times a month about zHome.  Chalk it up to just too much going on.  I have been putting a fair amount of work into them so I think you’ll find them of interest…if you’re a zHome blog follower already…

First Dwell blog post.

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]]> http://z-home.org/blog/2012/01/dwell-magazine-post-5-ground-source-heat-pump-and-solar-panels/feed/ 0 Dwell magazine blog six – part one of the zHome backstory http://z-home.org/blog/2012/01/dwell-magazine-blog-six-part-one-of-the-zhome-backstory/ http://z-home.org/blog/2012/01/dwell-magazine-blog-six-part-one-of-the-zhome-backstory/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:55:49 +0000 Brad Liljequist http://z-home.org/blog/?p=1813 Many have asked about how we pulled zHome together and this is a little summary.

]]> http://z-home.org/blog/2012/01/dwell-magazine-blog-six-part-one-of-the-zhome-backstory/feed/ 0 Dwell magazine blog seven – part two of the zHome backstory http://z-home.org/blog/2012/01/dwell-magazine-blog-seven-part-two-of-the-zhome-backstory/ http://z-home.org/blog/2012/01/dwell-magazine-blog-seven-part-two-of-the-zhome-backstory/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:55:41 +0000 Brad Liljequist http://z-home.org/blog/?p=1815 Here it is!

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