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posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 at 09:19pm HAST
posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 at 09:19pm HAST
I had a chance to sit down with Dan Ambrosewicz (right) and his wife, Lori Ann (left), along with their two children, Oliver (3) and Madeline (2 mo.) during production. We talked about their excitement to be a part of the New Hawaiian Home. "The green features are really extraordinary," says Lori Ann. "I think it will be great to show Oliver and Maddie simple things like gardening, aquaponics, composting ... just going through the whole cycle."
The BIA's New Hawaiian Home is a prototypical home that will be built on the Ambrosewiczs' existing lot, beginning this month. It's slated to become a net-zero-energy home (a home whose total electricity use won't exceed the amount of electricity it can produce on its own). More than 75 local home-improvement and construction businesses are involved in the home's building process. The home will be one of the greenest on the block, equipped with an electric vehicle charger, built with sustainable materials, landscaped with plants that thrive in a local environment and much more. The Ambrosewiczs' old
home (which has been in Dan's family for three generations) will even be recycled. It'll be moved intact off of the family's lot and donated to Self-Help Housing Corporation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to finding and/or building homes for those in need of assistance.
The New Hawaiian Home will be up for LEED certification after its completion, something that most of us believe comes with a high price tag. Not so. The Ambrosewiczs were thrilled to learn that this home fell within their price range, and included all the green features they'd dreamed of incorporating into a new-home design.
In the photo at left, the family stands next to an avocado tree that has been on their property for many years. Part of the home's sustainability plan includes an attempt to keep that tree, possibly by transplanting it to another section of the yard. "Avocados from that tree were the first thing that Oliver ate," says Lori Ann. "It's so nice to have something fresh in the backyard."
A fresh look on family life from a young, green, growing family. Now that's inspiring.
Find out more about the New Hawaiian Home here.
Check out info on how you can go green at home today here.
For more stories like this: Green, HHR, Home
The BIA's New Hawaiian Home is a prototypical home that will be built on the Ambrosewiczs' existing lot, beginning this month. It's slated to become a net-zero-energy home (a home whose total electricity use won't exceed the amount of electricity it can produce on its own). More than 75 local home-improvement and construction businesses are involved in the home's building process. The home will be one of the greenest on the block, equipped with an electric vehicle charger, built with sustainable materials, landscaped with plants that thrive in a local environment and much more. The Ambrosewiczs' old
home (which has been in Dan's family for three generations) will even be recycled. It'll be moved intact off of the family's lot and donated to Self-Help Housing Corporation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to finding and/or building homes for those in need of assistance. The New Hawaiian Home will be up for LEED certification after its completion, something that most of us believe comes with a high price tag. Not so. The Ambrosewiczs were thrilled to learn that this home fell within their price range, and included all the green features they'd dreamed of incorporating into a new-home design.
In the photo at left, the family stands next to an avocado tree that has been on their property for many years. Part of the home's sustainability plan includes an attempt to keep that tree, possibly by transplanting it to another section of the yard. "Avocados from that tree were the first thing that Oliver ate," says Lori Ann. "It's so nice to have something fresh in the backyard."
A fresh look on family life from a young, green, growing family. Now that's inspiring.
Find out more about the New Hawaiian Home here.
Check out info on how you can go green at home today here.
For more stories like this: Green, HHR, Home
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