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The Now House™ Project
Thu, 2008-01-17 08:10
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Design Indaba will confirm available office space today! AFH is currently engaging candidates for Design Fellow and Regional program manager positions in Cape Town Design Fellow for Rwanda will arrive in Cape Town mid October AFH/SFW discussed progress, expected outputs, and budget implications AFH to follow up with package for approval AFH has made many improvements to the FFH sites, please visit one or all! FFH-Khayelitsha - http://www.openarchitecturenetwork.org/projects/grassrootsoccer Cape Town:Construction Status: currently @ 76% of completion Drucon indicated he is on schedule and is working to meet Nov.5th completion Next construction meeting to be held October 16th Next budget monitoring meeting to be held October 16th These items will be addressed at the next budget monitoring meeting Paving, Screed Sealer, Security and Fencing (possible in-kind donation), Landscaping and Irrigation (GrassrootSoccer pursing in-kind donation), Mosaic/Community workshop Grassroot Soccer requested to assist during the construction process Water connection has been started Final Drawings from arG have been submitted to AFH, they are available here http://www.openarchitecturenetwork.org/projects/grassrootsoccer Drucon has submitted pricing to provide conduit for solar panel connection SFW submitted pricing to Solarworld, team awaits response, there are no delays to the work Drucon has agreed to invoice Solarworld separately AFH & GRS launched high school competition for the Mosaic Project entry deadline October 5th AFH seeking in kind donations for materials Jackie, a local mosaic artist has confirmed her participation in the workshop! Jackie and AFH will hold a GRS coach training session on October 19th Caretaker flat payment, SFW accepts liability for payment, should VPUU be unable to fund the construction, Drucon has started construction and will bill AFH Drucon will invoice VPUU directly for the caretaker flat, team is sorting how to separate invoices ESKOM - CoCT will draft letter to request subdivison and additional connection Drucon to sumbit letter and provide quote for new connection building plans pending, awaiting new erf number to receive approval MaliFFH/AFH met with AMPJF to discuss design expectations and schedule Pictures will be posted soon! Solar world coordination, SFW sorting agreements AFH to submit SD package today KenyaCouncil drawings are complete and are ready for submission Structural drawings are complete and are ready for council submission Electrical drawings are complete and have been submitted to QS BOQs are currently being worked on by the QS and the entire package will be sent to AFH for internal review early next week Dr. Omenya is working on the EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment), AFH to follow up next week AFH seeking donations for the timber pergola and external block pavers Test sample holes will be dug on site today to investigate the soil profile of the site. Mike (Structural Engineer) and Isaac will inspect the holes on Saturday 3rd October 2009 NamibiaPaul and Nina to meet w/SON to discuss the current design RwandaAfH welcomes design fellow Killian Doherty from Ireland, he will arrive Cape Town mid October AfH will work on a detailed schedule once the project is staffed GhanaAFH to engage local architects
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Mid-Project Open House: Saturday, June 21st, 1 pm – 4 pm
12 Topham Road, Toronto (East York)
You are invited to look behind the scenes as we retrofit the first Now House — near zero energy wartime home. Day-by-day, our changes are moving this home towards zero energy use. That means it will be very green and very cheap to operate, in fact we’re aiming for zero energy cost. From major insulation improvements and new windows, to radiant floor warming and solar energy production, come see what it takes to turn a 60-year old modest bungalow from an energy user to an energy producer. This is a work in progress so you will see what has been done so far and sketches of what’s coming next. The Now House team and our product sponsors will be on hand to answer questions.
For more information, please visit the project website:
http://nowhouseproject.com