Modern Homes New England

Big house in the country? Or smaller cottage in a quiet community?

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/08/can-a-big-house-in-the-country-be-green.php

Forbes Park in Chelsea, MA has received coverage on Inhabitat:

http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/08/18/forbes-park-by-urban-design-and-redevelopment/

In Roslindale, MA. From Boston.com.

The firm behind Noble Home kit houses and the Bare Hill Barn House is JASONOAH. From the Noble Home web site:

Design partners Noah Grunberg and Jason Silverman have been custom designing modern affordable homes for many years.

From the JASONOAH web site:

For over ten years, JASONOAH’s knowledge of organic architecture, solar design, and earth berm construction has provided them with techniques to satisfy customers’ desires for natural homes. With construction industry partners, JASONOAH can offer a design-build service for residential and commercial projects - built on time and within budget.

Visit JASONOAH.com.

Must certainly be suitable for New England climes, via Inhabitat:

http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/05/02/prefab-friday-jenesys-wings-prefab-home/

Note that says “Green House” and not greenhouse.

I’m excited about anything that comes out of Ithaca, NY — I attended Ithaca College there — and two Cornell Solar Decathlon team members have now launched FreeGreen, “making green home designs free to everyone!” (Inhabitat)

View the site at: http://FreeGreen.com or Inhabitat’s coverage at:

http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/05/02/freengreen-bringing-green-design-to-the-masses/

Via Grassroots Modern, the 100khouse blog, “in downtown Philly trying to see if they can build both a modern and “green” house for a measly $100,000.”

Another New England retreat option. Just wheel it in and hook it up. miniHome

As an Ithaca College alumnus and former four-year resident of Ithaca, NY, I was pleased to see the CUSD on Inhabitat today:

After the CUSD Zero Energy house took second place in the prestigious 2005 Solar Decathlon contest, it was sold to a private owner, and moved to a small town outside of Ithaca, New York. The current owner, a Cornell professor, loves the house and gives daily tours to teach principals of energy efficiency to the community.

Read more: http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/10/11/solar-decathlon-house-spawns-zero-energy-firm/

Check out this series of posts by Ted Owens at Treehugger:

http://www.treehugger.com/authors/index.php?author=tedo