Prefab Green Homes Update From Green Modern Kits! Save The Date For The Virginia Off Grid Net Zero Energy Prefab Open House.

We will have our second Prefab Green Home Open House in the Virginia Passive Solar Net Zero Energy House Kit on Saturday, April 10th, from 1-3 p.m.   

Like last time, we scheduled the house kit open house to coincide with historic and fun events showcasing this rural, beautiful, historic area of Virginia. So mark your calenders! Here's what's going on during that weekend that we know of so far:

•  April 08, 2010 – April 12, 2010145th Anniversary of the Surrender
  
  
  
  Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
  Appomattox, VA 24522
  434-352-8987
  www.nps.gov/apco
  Special programs related to the surrender, including 1st person living history offered each day from April 8 to April 12. 
   
• April 09, 2010 – April 11, 2010
  Appomattox History Weekend
  Clover Hill Village
  Appomattox, VA 24522
  
  
  
  

  

  145th Anniversary of Lee's surrender to Grant to be held at Clover Hill Village. 1 mile from actual surrender site. Living historians will be portraying Generals Lee & Grant and their lieutenants will recreate historic moments of the final days leading up to and including the surrender. Activities include: Lee's last war counsel, General Gordon's attempted break-out, Lee-Grant meeting, stacking of arms and reduction of colors. Reenactors limited. Military host: Lee's Lieutenants, contact Al Stone at astoneasrelee@suddenlink.net or (304) 466-2030. Civilian host: contact Ms. Carolyn Davis at casonclee@aol.com Cost: $10 for adults, $5 for children under 12. 
   
•  April 12, 2010 – April 12, 2010
  
  
  
  
  

  Holiday Open House
  Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
  Appomattox, VA 24522
  434-352-8987
  www.nps.gov/apco
  Join the park staff for an festive afternoon of music, refreshments and holiday activiies with a historic flare!

We hope you use the opportunity to travel to the prefab house kit to explore and see more of historic Virginia.  ...Make a weekend of it!

For accommodations and more history, see here:
(Because if you're a design geek, you're also a history geek.
Welcome to the crowd!)

• Appomattox: http://www.tourappomattox.com/lodging.php
  
  (learn more about Appomattox here...)
  
  
• Charlotte Court House: http://www.charlotteva.com/accommodation.htm
  
  (learn more about Charlotte Court House here - make sure to click on the links at the bottom, there's Patrick Henry's Red Hill & more to visit!)
  
  
• Farmville: Historic Longwood Bed & Breakfast... and others listed here:
  
  (learn more about Farmville here... and more on Farmville history here.)

See more details about the first Virginia prefab house kit open house here.

Regarding the Virginia prefab house kit, you can follow the latest progress on the house kit construction blog, here.  The prefab passive solar house kit's interior walls were just completed this week... as soon as it stops snowing we will post those pictures... Please note it is a personal blog and silliness abounds in those posts... you have been warned.


Currently, we are all, humans, dogs, feral cat, and especially our chickens, officially snowed in.

The Colorado prefab green home begins this spring after their snow melts, sometime in mid-March... we will keep you posted on that house kit construction! 

Recent Press:

• As previously noted, Green Modern Kits will be in The Wall Street Journal's Smart Money Magazine, to be published this spring.
• If you live in Richmond, Virginia, make sure to pick up the next Richmond Magazine... : )
• Tree Hugger's Lloyd Alter mentions us as we think about living a smaller footprint lifestyle which Oprah seemed not to quite appreciate on a visit to one Swedish home...
  

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at copeland@greenmodernkits.com.

Sincerely yours,
Copeland Casati

copeland casati
president
www.GreenModernKits.com
6902 park ave / rva 23226

 

Prefab Green Homes From Green Modern Kits

It has been a very busy fall, and we thought you might like a quick update on the goings on

at Green Modern Kits' Prefab House Kits.

Green Modern Kits will be in The Wall Street Journal's Smart Money Magazine in February, and we will send out that article when it becomes available.  Reflecting on the interview, it gave me an opportunity to define what makes us different from the rest of the prefab industry:  our focus on passive solar, affordable modern prefab house kits that you can then finish according to your own style and budget.


The Virginia Prefab Green Home had an Open House in September and was a hit!
Despite days of cold, driving rain, about fifty people drove under a sunless sky from as far as Maryland and North Carolina to visit the net zero prefab house.

David Day, LEED AP, came down from his green building practice in Charlottesville to speak, along with the contractor, Ron Bernaldo.  We were all impressed with the depth and amount of questions from the attendees and look forward to our next prefab open house... coming up in April!


Attendees were able to see for themselves how, even without systems installed, the net zero passive solar green home is built to function- it was noticeably warmer inside the prefab vs. the icy rain outside; we even had to open windows.

Green Modern Kits has begun work on a new prefab green home in Colorado, and we are beginning several new projects which I will discuss further in the new year, so keep your eyes peeled on the Recent Projects page. 

Our partner, Rainwater Management Solutions, is providing filtration for a 1 million gallon rainwater harvesting system at The Gates Foundation headquarters! Imagine what they could do for your prefab house kit!


Grace Street's sister company, 3north, was honored at the AIA's gala at the Center for Virginia Architecture in November, http://bit.ly/2GEYbt. You may recall Grace Street designed our two story prefab green home, The R1 Residential. 3north is also planning a new urban zone with hotels, a spa, and restaurants in Louisiana... all around a vibrant town square.

We have some important updates for you regarding more systems partners, to make your prefab house kit more easily net zero and off grid if you like. In approved states, it will reduce the size of your septic field, and enable your waste water systems process to be much more environmentally friendly. Coming soon.

Still curious about the next Virginia Prefab Open House? I will add more details later, but can tell you it will be the weekend of April 10th, to coincide with Appomattox History Weekend.

...And that's our Prefab Update!

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at copeland@greenmodernkits.com.

Sincerely yours,
Copeland Casati

copeland casati
president
www.GreenModernKits.com
6902 park ave / rva 23226