Energy Efficiency

WE’RE MAKING NEWS

WE’RE MAKING NEWS Heart of a Building Supports Habitat for Humanity Heart of a Building is proud to support the mission of Habitat for Humanity of the St. Vrain Valley. Habitat for Humanity makes homeownership possible for families in low-income neighborhoods throughout the world through no-interest mortgages (with monthly payments of no more than 30% of gross monthly income), sweat-equity from the family, and volunteer labor. Heart of a Building produced a video story about the ways that HFH St.…

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GREENSPIRE APARTMENTS

Greenspire Apartments, Longmont, Colorado | Greenspire is Colorado’s first Passive House-inspired apartment building, providing 44 healthy, affordable studio apartments built with the heart-centered “why” of leaving the world a better place for future generations. Developer/Builder Gary Kinzie worked with Cody and Lisa Farmer of Mainstream Corporation to design a building that uses features like airtight construction and 30% more insulation than Code requires to optimize regenerative performance and affordability. Cody and Lisa Farmer did the energy-efficiency analysis and Passive House…

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CON FRANK / WES GEARY RESIDENTIAL PROJECT

Con Frank / Wes Geary Residential Project, Aurora, Colorado | This residential home was built by Con Frank and during construction became highly appreciated by Wes Geary, who eventually became the inspired buyer. Con Frank is an inventive, self-taught designer and builder who needed to “prove it could be done.” Homeowner Wes Geary decided to invest in a new house out of a conviction that “some things are more important than money.” A shared belief in sustainability was the “why” that…

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FIRST UNIVERSALIST CHURCH

First Universalist Church, Denver, Colorado | This community put their ‘why’ into action by honoring one of the central tenets of their faith —“respect the interdependent web of all existence” — with a large-scale renovation of their existing building. Using recycled and repurposed materials, spray-foam insulation, solar panels, and a geothermal heat system, the new worship sanctuary and event space were constructed to operate entirely on clean, renewable energy — with zero greenhouse gas emissions. Jessica Montgomerie, a staff member…

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Paul Kriescher, Executive Producer/Host
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