Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Ecovillage Faceoff

[Laura Fitch (lfitch]

I'd like to request that whatever energy related facts are developed that
they be submitted to CohoUS to be used in their efforts to create "case
studies" of communities.  The case studies would then be used in our
advocacy work with affordable and other housing agencies.

On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 12:09 AM, Thomas Lofft <tlofft [at] hotmail.com> wrote:

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> Joel:
> This is a great suggestion, hopefully not just to create bragging rights,
> but to adopt the scientific method to evaluate the effectiveness of the 120+
> different permutations based on best intentions, limited budgets, personal
> preferences and even misguided rumormongering.
>
> How would the evaluations be conducted?
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> Tom Lofft
> Liberty village, MD
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> Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 08:13:45 -0500
> From: Joel Plotkin <joel [at] sunyit.edu>
> Subject: [C-L]_ Ecovillage Faceoff
> To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
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> I've proposed to the National Coho Conf group an Ecovillage Face-Off, a
> humorous game show format to compare Hundredfold Farm's energy savings with
> other ecovillages. Categories could include Electricity Generation, BTUs or
> Therms produced, R-value Construction, Water Efficiency, maybe a Wild Card
> category? Could be fun...
>
> We're issuing the challenge. Any takers?
>
> Joel Plotkin
> Hundredfold Farm Cohousing
> Orrtanna, PA
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Laura Fitch, AIA, LEED-AP
Kraus-Fitch Architects
110 Pulpit Hill Rd.
Amherst, MA  01002
lfitch [at] krausfitch.com

Board Member, Cohousing Association of US
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