Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Renewable Energy in Cohousing

[C.C. Barron (ccbarron]

Thanks to everyone for the tips!  I did get my hands on the cohousing issue
and was particularly interested in the article on Temescal's ecofund, and
the several mentions of ground-source heat pumps.  I'm very familiar with
all the cost-tradeoff and do-the-free-stuff-first arguments and already had
the intrinsic environmental benefits of cohousing in my talk.  I just needed
a couple of examples where (in spite of it all) people managed to
incorporate environmental technology as well as the passive approaches,
because of the audience at the Renewable Energy Fair.

Thanks again for the quick response, everyone.

Blessings,

Cat

"Laura Fitch, A.I.A." wrote:

> The last cohousing issue had a long article by Mary Kraus on this
> subject.  There were many communities mentioned.  It would be a good
> starting point, if follwed up in more detail.
>
> --
> Laura Fitch, A.I.A.
> Principal Architect
>
> KRAUS-FITCH ARCHITECTS, INC.
> 110 Pulpit Hill Rd.
> Amherst, MA  01002
> 413-549-5799
> 413-549-7918 (fax)
>
> lfitch [at] krausfitch.com
>
> C.C. Barron wrote:
>
> >Hi cohousers,
> >
> >I'm giving a talk on cohousing at the Renewable Energy Roundup and
> >Sustainable Living Fair in Fredericksburg Texas this coming weekend.  I
> >would like to include in my talk a couple of examples of cohousing
> >communities that have employed renewable energy (and other sustainable)
> >technologies.  Specifically photovoltaics, wind, solar hot water,
> >rainwater collection, green building, etc.  I would appreciate any tips
> >-- which communities have gone the furthest in the renewable energy and
> >green building direction?
> >
> >Thanks!
> >
> >Cat Barron
> >Oak Village Commons
> >Oak Hill (Austin), TX
> >
> >P.S.  I'm interested in this topic beyond just the talk I'm giving --
> >Oak Village Commons is going as green as possible for our project
> >(www.oakhillcohousing.org).
> >
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