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Life Inside a Colorado Home Inspired by Jimmy Carter’s Renewable Energy Push

February 20, 2025
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Listen to NoCO’s podcast of Erin O’Toole’s interview with John Avenson, homeowner, and Paul Kriescher, host of Heart of a Building discussing John’s home, trends in renewable energy and Colorado Environmental Film Festival Jimmy Carter’s administration had backed the design of some experimental homes along Colorado’s Front Range. Warmed by the sun and fueled by renewable sources – an exciting idea in the late 1970s. John Avenson was inspired by Jimmy Carter and wanted to live in one of the experimental homes.…

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Colorado Environmental Film Festival

February 13, 2025
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Join us at the Colorado Environmental Film Festival in Golden, Colorado to spend time with inspiring people and watching the video shorts, documentaries, animation and full-length movies they’ve created sharing their passion for, and fascination with, our natural world! Heart of a Building’s latest episode Journey to Zero Carbon Home, will be screened at the Festival on February 23rd, Sunday at 1:00 pm at Bunker Auditorium, Green Center [Colorado School of Mines]. Come learn the why and how behind John…

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Music at the Heart of a Building • August 3, 2024

July 22, 2024
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Energy Efficient Home
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RSVP TO ATTEND! Heart of a Building’s next kick-off Pledge-Drive event is for TWO new documentary episodes showcasing two families; one whose home was destroyed in the Marshall Fire in December 2021 and the second whose home was destroyed by the Four Mile Fire in September 2010, both of whom now live in inspiring high-performance, sustainable homes! Takahashi Residential Project Nova Terra / Rebeschini-Glover Residential Project We are asking for your support of ‘Music at the Heart of a Building’…

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Matteo & Mel (and family) after their home rebuild.

SURVIVING TRAGEDY • REBUILDING AFTER THE MARSHALL FIRE

May 20, 2024
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Energy Efficient Home, Single-Family
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Nova Terra / Rebeschini-Glover Residential Project, Superior, Colorado | Matteo Rebeschini and Mel Glover chose Lisa Morey’s company Nova Terra [previously Colorado Earth] located in Brighton, Colorado, to rebuild their home after the Marshall Fire destroyed it in December 2021.  Matteo and Mel’s family story is compelling, including their strong desire for a home made of a high thermal mass material that would not burn and a quiet house when the high winds blow. They were very impressed with Lisa…

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David Takahashi's new home after the fire & flood rebuild.

TAKAHASHI RESIDENCE • REBUILDING AFTER FIRE & FLOOD

May 14, 2024
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Energy Efficient Home, Net Zero, Single-Family
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David & Emily Takahashi Residential Project, Boulder, Colorado | David Takahashi reached out to Heart of a Building with his story after watching our video episode on Rocky Mountain PBS. David and his wife, Emily’s sustainable home story began with a devastating fire. In 2010, they watched their home in Four-Mile Canyon outside of Boulder, Colorado, burn to the ground.  Three years later, David watched as the canyon experienced severe flooding that damaged their new home, which was under construction after the fire.…

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Avenson House - we are within our goal. We need $1,900. Donate at our GOFUNDME page. https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-sponsor-an-episode-of-heart-of-a-building

WE REACHED OUR GOAL! THANK YOU TO ALL OUR SUPPORTERS!

March 15, 2024
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Energy Efficient Building, Energy Efficient Home, Rocky Mountain PBS, Single-Family
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 John Avenson Home, Westminster, Colorado | Celebrate with us! Heart of a Building will showcase John Avenson and his amazing home on Rocky Mountain PBS and affiliates!  Homeowner John Avenson and Heart of a Building’s Paul Kriescher, invite you to join them for a Happy Hour Kick-Off ‘Pledge Drive‘. Networking & Tour of Home from 4:30 pm to 5:30 pmProgram & Special Guests from 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm John Avenson’s interview with Colorado Public Radio (CPR)• Serving appetizers, beer,…

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SIERRA GRANDE PK-12 REPLACEMENT SCHOOL PREMIERED ON RMBPS • EARTH DAY, April 22, 2023

October 20, 2022
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Commercial, Energy Efficient Building
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Heart of a Building’s episode on the Sierra Grande PK-12 school in Blanca, CO -airing/streaming beginning in early 2023- references “Passive House” performance standards as the guiding principles for the design and construction of this school building. To learn more about Passive House please check out the following links: Passive House US | Passive House Institute

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Keep Your Holiday Festive & Eco-Friendly

December 14, 2021
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Energy Efficient Home, Holidays
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Get creative when it comes to wrapping paper. Yes, it’s so festive, but it is also wasteful, especially when you consider that premium gift wrap – which often includes plastic, dyes, and foils –  might not be able to be recycled. If you’re a giver, look for wrapping paper that is recycled (or post-consumer) or reuse where you can, such as giving the gift in a reusable bag. Use the newspaper and decorate your own gift with markers or crayons.…

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THRIVE VITALITY HOMES

November 21, 2021
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Rocky Mountain PBS, Single-Family, Video Stories
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Thrive Vitality Homes, Denver, Colorado | Each Vitality home features luxurious architecture combined with Thrive’s trademark Zero Energy construction, LEED certification, and a focus on cleaner indoor air. Vitality Thrive Homes are production built, single-family homes, which deliver zero-energy and zero-emission housing available to hundreds of home buyers every year in the Denver Metro area. Thrive’s decades-long vision was to optimize the health of the buyer. They did this by enhancing indoor air quality, comfort, and eliminating the home’s carbon…

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