brightbuiltbarn.com - 12/30/2008
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Rockland, Maine BrightBuilt Barn: An Introduction Constructed by a group of visionaries, the BrightBuilt Barn is a Net-Zero, super green pre-fabricated studio that draws on all that is known to reveal the unknown. Establishing a level of sustainability and flexibility that reaches beyond ...
jetsongreen.com - 12/30/2008
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jetsongreen.com —
When we last brought news of BrightBuilt Barn
in September , it was only partially constructed. Now...
it's all built and looks quite good. Its trademark feature is the exterior LED lightskirt, which was designed to change color ...
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BrightBuilt Barn on Track for Platinum
jetsongreen.com - 12/31/2008
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jetsongreen.com —
If you liked our article on 34 Stunning
LEED Platinum Projects , you'll probably like this one,...
too. As with the other, this is a retrospective on the past year. We've seen some awesome green homes and are constantly inspired: ...
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40 Innovative, Built Green Homes
jetsongreen.com - 12/26/2008
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jetsongreen.com —
There's so much innovation in the green building
space, it's pretty hard to keep up with it...
all. I mean, check out these articles below. In the past year alone, we've discussed at least thirty-three different LEED Platinum projects -- ...
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33 Stunning LEED Platinum Projects
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BrightBuilt Barn on Track for Platinum
Green Building : Jetson Green —
... When we last brought news of BrightBuilt Barn in September, it was only partially constructed. Now it's all built and looks quite good. Its trademark feature is the exterior LED lightskirt, which was designed to change color depending on the home's energy use. GREEN means the BrightBuilt Barn is generating more energy than it consumes; YELLOW indicates a borderline condition; and RED means the energy usage is higher than required to meet the yearly net energy goal. And like the lightskirt, ...
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... designed to guide warm air to the triangular vent window for passive ventilation."
+ Kubota Architect Atelier's T-House at What We Do Is Secret.
+ Modern Green Cabin Kits at Jetson Green, "The cabins are built with SIPs and steel and can be customized in an endless manner to suit the needs of a future cabin owner."
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BrightBuilt Barn is a Net-Zero, super green pre-fabricated studio (or two-bedroom unit) on track to receive a LEED Platinum rating from the U.S. Green Building Council. BrightBuilt Barn via Jetson Green ...
PREFAB FRIDAY: BrightBuilt Barn
INHABITAT —
... The BrightBuilt Barn, located in Rockwood, Maine, is one of the super energy-efficient prefab designs of the year. A highly covetable structure, this barn/studio is not only a ...
Bright built barn
MAKE Magazine —
Here's a house that announces its energy efficiency (or lack thereof):
With large intentions, its mission is to demonstrate an alternative method of building that allows levels of flexibility and sustainability beyond the reach of typical residential construction. This building requires NO FURNACE, even in Maine, and provides owners with real-time, easily understandable feedback of energy use through its "mood ring" LED fixtures. An off-the-grid option is also in the works.
Even better is the design philosophy:
The BrightBuilt project is ...
BrightBuilt Barn Glows Whose Naughty, Nice
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BrightBuilt Barn is putting forward an “eco-smart project” that tells who on the block — or in the woods — is energy-nice and who is using more than they generate. Green LED glow is good; red not so much.
BrightBuilt’s Web site says:
This building requires NO FURNACE, even in Maine, and provides owners with real-time, easily understandable feedback of energy use through its “mood ring” LED fixtures. An off-the-grid option is also in the works.
The structure shown above is the prototype built in Rockport, Maine. The ...
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