• Blower Door Test with Gary Nelson from the Energy Conservatory: 9/4/2010, 10 AM
  Please RSVP: 612-203-1629 (Tim Eian)
• Midwest Home Magazine Open House: 9/18/2010, 1 – 4 pm
  Open to the public
• Morr Construction & TE Studio Event: 9/24/2010, 4 – 7 pm
  Please RSVP to amanda@morrconstruction.com
• American Standard Event featuring fixtures by American Standard, Jado and Porcher: 9/30/2010, 4 – 7 pm
  Details to be announced
• MRES Solar Tour: Saturday, 10/2/2010, 10 am – 5 pm
  Open to the public
• Caring for Creation / Alliance for Sustainability Event: 10/10/2010, afternoon
  Details to be announced
• Energy Event with Enhanced Home Systems, Energy Concepts and Carol Chaffee: 10/14/2010, 5.30 pm
  Details to be announced
• Interiors Event with InUnsion Design and Room & Board: 10/16/2010, 1 – 4 pm
  Details to be announced

Events are subject to change. Please check back.

Due to popular demand we added another opportunity to see this amazing project on Thursday, July 1st at 2 pm.

Please RSVP to Amanda at Morr Construction: amanda@morrconstruction.com

Thanks for signing up for the construction tour today. We look forward to having you and to show you around this amazing home. We’ll see you at the site at Noon.

Directions and Parking Instructions

The property is located at 908 Kirkwood Way North, Town of Hudson, WI 54016 (directions, see below). We encourage people to car-pool, seek parking on 10th Avenue, and walk 1/2 block to the property from there.

• From the West (metro area)
• I-94 East to Exit 1 in Wisconsin for Hudson and WI 35 North (just past the St. Croix River)
• Take Exit 1 North towards Hudson, State Rd 35 (2nd St. S)
• Take State Rd 35 (2nd St. S) for about 3 miles North
• Take a right on Krattley Ln/Krattley Ln N, head uphill (East)
• Take a left on Tenth St. N
• SEEK PARKING NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF Tenth St. N and Kirkwood Way N!
• Walk left on Kirkwood Way N (note: road sign only on the right) 1/2 block
• The property is located at 908 Kirkwood Way North, immediately to the left once the road turns from asphalt to gravel
• Meet at the construction trailer

Due to popular demand, we added an additional tour of the Passive House in the Woods (PhitW) project this Thursday, 5/27 at Noon. For RSVPs please contact Amanda at Morr Construction.

Join us and over 2oo exhibitors at this year’s free Living Green Expo on Saturday, May 1, from 10 am to 6 pm, and Sunday, May 2,  from 10 am to 5 pm.

We are in booth U21 on the second floor across from the Main Workshop Stage (and next to French Meadow Bakery). Find us to talk about Passive House and Deep Energy Reduction Retrofitting, as well as the Passive House in the Woods project.

We’ll also be giving a Passive House workshop at 3 pm on Saturday, May 1. See you at the Minnesota State Fair Grounds Grandstand.

www.livinggreenexpo.mn

We can help ready your home for a sustainable future.

We provide expert design for extremely…

• earth-friendly
• people-friendly
• beautiful
• durable
• low-maintenance
• high-performance
• energy efficient
• comfortable
• healthy
• high-quality

…and intelligent homes.

Talk to us about Passive House—the leading certified energy standard in the world—or deep energy reduction retrofitting—a dramatic reduction of energy for existing buildings.

TE Studio, 612-246-4670

We’ll be at this year’s Living Green Expo on May 1 & 2 as an exhibitor. Find us to talk about Passive House and Deep Energy Reduction Retrofitting. More details to follow.

Minnesota State Fair Grounds Grandstand
www.livinggreenexpo.mn

We’ve been invited to spend a day with community leaders in Montevideo, MN to introduce Passive House, and discuss its potential for affordable housing and other projects in this Minnesota community. Thanks to Pat Moore of CURE and Kevin Hein for the invitation.

I am lecturing twice today at the 20th annual Duluth Energy Design Conference and Expo.

Wednesday, 2/24/2010
Passive House: 10.30 am to 12 pm – French River room
DERR: 1.00 pm to 2.30 pm – Ballroom LM

Duluth Energy Design Conference & Expo

I’ll be lecturing on Passive House at the U of M again this year. Jim Lutz was kind enough to invite me back to the architecture and ecology class. The lecture will be held on Tuesday, April 6 – 11.15 to 12.30, in Rapson 100 at the School of Architecture.

University of Minnesota – Rapson Hall
89 Church Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Directions

I’ll be talking about Passive House and Deep Energy Reduction Retrofit at the Duluth Energy Design Conference on Wednesday, 2/24/2010

The Passive House talk starts at 10.30, the Deep Energy Reduction Retrofit talk at 1.00 pm.

Duluth Energy Design Conference & Expo

Duluth Entertainment &  Convention Center
Click on this link to contact the organizers about attending the event.

I’ll be speaking about and taking questions regarding Passive House and Deep Energy Reduction Retrofit at this month’s Building Enclosure Council meeting.

The meeting will be held on Tuesday, 2/9/2010 from 4-6 pm.

For more info on the BEC, please visit their page: Building Enclosure Council – Minnesota Meeting

This is the venue:

AIA Minnesota
Board Room
International Market Square, Suite 54
275 Market Street
Minneapolis, MNMN 55405
Phone 612.338.6763

Passive House Minnesota now has a website. Albeit with minimal content, but it’s there. We hope to expand on it in the near future with content from our first meeting this month. Going forward, this will be the place for information regarding Passive House in our region.

Passive House Minnesota, a strong lobby for a strong concept

The Passive House in the Woods blog is now online. We’ll still tweak it a bit and naturally add content as we move forward. In the future, however, there is now one place where you can check on updates regarding the project.

www.passivehouseinthewoods.com

Sprout was kind enough to list us on their website. Their offer: “Connect to cool local places where you can buy and play in a sustainable way—and save while you’re at it.” Check them out at sprout.mn