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

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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Avenson House - we made our goal. Watch the video.

JOHN AVENSON RESIDENCE — WATCH THE EPISODE HERE!

John Avenson Residential Project, Westminster, Colorado | At 9 years old John became interested in the concept of green building on a family tour of the Colorado Indian Cliff Dwellings, where the park ranger told him that the Indians dug their caves on the side of the cliff as the winter sun kept them warm. The Avenson Residence, a single-family, detached, three-bedroom home, was built in 1981 as a research house by the Solar Energy Research Institute [SERI, the forebearer…

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

TAKAHASHI RESIDENCE • REBUILDING AFTER FIRE & FLOOD

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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