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Lemye Manka Gwei's new book, Parenting Teenagers: Discovering God's Way ($8.99, paperback, 978-1-62230-665-7; $4.49, e-book, 978-1-62230-666-4) serves as a parenting guide based on biblical principles. The author has written this book for all those who have been entrusted with the parenting, coaching and mentoring of teenagers to be able to build young minds into successful adults. Lemye Manka Gwei's mission is to "[make] the process a comfortable and fulfilling experience in Jesus's Name."
"Parents and teens out there are hurting as a result of the unhealthy relationship with their parents," states the author. "And what I have done with this book is provide to parents the single message of hope and the fact that the Bible remains our single most important 'manual' for parenting and it will not fail us. Therefore, my objective is [to] encourage parents not to give up but turn to God and be better parents through the special grace of God."
Lemye Manka Gwei is a teen's teacher in the Children's Church of "The Redeemed Church of God" (House of His Glory Parish, Bonaloka, Douala, Cameroon). She spends her time as a volunteer staff with the teenagers of the congregation. This book is written from her personal experience with children and teenagers.
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SHERRILL -- A Liverpool woman was arrested Wednesday after allegedly stealing property from a Sherrill residence and then returning to the home and hiding in the closet.
According to the Sherrill Police Department, 47-year-old Gina M. Cammuso was arrested inside a Park Street home in Sherrill on Oct. 3 at approximately 11:30 p.m.
Police said Cammuso, who knows the victim, removed two handguns, a laptop computer and a few other small items from the residence, and then returned and waited for him to come home. Police said the owner has a valid permit for the handguns.
The victim, who was an acquaintance of Cammuso, called the Sherrill Police Department to report the burglary, after coming home and determining that his home had been burglarized.
Sherrill Police, New York State Police and the Oneida County Sheriff's Office responded.
Cammuso was discovered inside a bedroom closet, and she was taken into custody. Sherrill Police Chief Robert Drake said Cammuso did not give a reason why she was in the victim's home.
All the items Cammuso took were recovered by police.
She was charged with second-degree burglary, fourth-degree grand larceny, fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, fourth-degree criminal mischief and petty larceny. No additional charges are pending.
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The DiskStation DS110+ is a single-bay NAS device aimed at the SMB market. It's supplied diskless, supports 2.5in or 3.5in drives up to 2TB in size, and installation is simple. Two rear-facing USB 2 ports and Gigabit Ethernet accompany eSATA and USB 2 ports at the front. These allow hard drives or printers to be shared across a network, and data to be uploaded from connected drives.
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The DS110+ is capable of handling multiple users (up to 256 individuals) with passwords, quotas and separate access permissions for shared folders, and it's possible to limit access to the various features. Scheduled backups can target local USB disks, other Synology NAS devices or Amazon's S3 cloud-based storage. But regardless of your needs, the wizard-based setup routines make it easier to get going than any other NAS device we've encountered.
Performance is impressive. Via the SMB protocol the DS110+ wrote large files at 57.4MB/sec and read them back at 99.7MB/sec, while small files saw read and write speeds drop to 12.8MB/ sec and 8.5MB/sec respectively.
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The Spalding County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Thursday night to approve a change in zoning from C-1, highway commercial, to C-1B, heavy commercial for 2.8 acres owned by Olin D. Hunter Sr. at 1722 U.S. Highway 41 South. Robin Chandler told the commissioners he will be opening a mini-warehouse storage facility on the site.
Community Development Director Chad Jacobs said the rezoning was required as mini-warehouses are specifically excluded from the C-1 zoning, but listed in C-1B as an permitted use. Jacobs said the request was consistent with the county's Future Land Use Plan which has the area as planned commercial. The site is between a BP gas station and Hooper Trailer, which is aleady zoned C-1B, he said.
Jacobs said his only concern was the exterior of the buildings, which he said the Chandler had proposed hardi-board while most of the others in the area are brick. The area is adjacent to but not in the Tri-County Overlay District, and brick is the theme in the overlay district, Jacobs said.
He said hardi-board does meet the requirements or brick, stone, concrete facade on the sides facing the roadway. Chandler said he wanted to use hardi-board, a masonry, durable siding, to give the office building the look of a train station.
The commissioners had concerns about outside storage and storage of RVs on the site. Chandler said he had not planned on RV storage, but if he did, they would parked in the back, not visible from the roadway.


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Low Carbon Condominium (Finalist.)
Options for Homes is already well known in the GTA as a developer of cost effective ownership housing. We developed the first three condominiums in the Distillery. Our most recent development is the 643 suite Heintzman Place in the Junction.
We are now planning to develop a new condominium with the lowest carbon footprint in North America.
Our more recent buildings already have features incorporated into them that contribute to energy efficiency and a low carbon footrint. Heintzman Place has solar hot water panels that provide for about one third of the hot water needs of the residents. It also has a heat recovery system, high efficiency boilers and chillers and our own car share - Options for Cars - that further contribute to a lower footprint.
But we're planning to go further than this on one of our upcoming projects. We will build into this condominium all the energy saving features of Heintzman Place and, in addition, we'll get rid of parking for privately owned cars altogether. The building will have parking spaces for up to ten Options for Cars vehicles as well as space for bicycle parking. All purchasers of a condo suite will automatically have a membership in the car share.
This would be Toronto's second car free condo - the first is on University Ave. But the combination of solar hot water heating, green building features and no private car parking will make this project arguably the lowest carbon footprint condominium in North America.
The low carbon condominium will show that this kind of building not only makes sense from an environmental perspective but that is also has market appeal and can therefore be successfully replicated.
Emissions reduction potential comes from three main areas: from solar hot water panels, from not building an underground parking garage and from residents not having a private vehicle.
Taking a 250 suite condominium project this would mean the following emissions reduction potential:
About twenty two per cent of household energy use goes towards heating water. According to the EPA per capita household co2 emissions are four tonnes per year (this might be a bit less in Canada but not much). A one third reduction in hot water heating needs from gas or electricity translates into an co2 emissions reduction of about 7.3% of total household emissions (22% / 3 = 7.3). So the saving per person per year would be about 7.3% of 4,000 kg or 292 kg. Historically, Options condominium population density is 1.6 people per suite. So, for a 250 suite building the population would be about 400 people. Therefore, the annual emissions reduction for a 250 suite building with a hot water solar collector that provided 1/3 of the hot water needs would save 400 x 292 kg or 116.8 tonnes of co2.
Savings = 116.8 tonnes co2 per year.
Normally, a condominium will have parking spaces for 60% of its suites. So if a condo has 250 suites, about 150 parking spaces will be built. According to EPA figures, each tonne of concrete produced creates about one tonne of co2 emissions. Given that it takes approximately 10 tonnes of concrete to build a parking space, a 150 spot parking garage would require 1,500 tonnes of concrete and would cause a corresponding 1,500 tonnes of co2 emissions.
Savings = 1,500 tonnes co2.
Given that each passenger car emits on average 5.5 tonnes of co2 per year (EPA) the potential savings per year would amount to 140 cars (150 less 10 Options for Cars vehicles) times 5.5 for a total of 770 tonnes.
Savings = 770 tonnes co2 per year.
So total emissions reductions for a single 250 suite low carbon condominium would be 1,500 tonnes initially plus about 885 tonnes per year thereafter. This represents a per capita reduction of some 3.75 tonnes during the construction year (1500 / 400 = 3.75) and 2.2 tonnes (885 / 400 = 2.2) each year thereafter.
Given that Canadian per capita co2 emissions are about 20 tonnes of co2 per year, living in a low carbon condominium would reduce the overall average carbon foot print of each resident by 17% in the construction year and 10% each year thereafter.
Michel Labbe: Mike will be the principle developer representative and project lead. Mike has created an innovative housing development and financing model that has made home ownership available to lower and middle income families. He has helped develop communities that emphasize low carrying cost, energy efficiency, low car ownership and high owner occupancy (and therefore strong community). An innovative developer, Mike has revived areas previously considered unattractive or in decline. A prime example of this is the Distillery District where Options was the first developer to build in what was, at the time, considered marginal land.
Deltera Construction: Deltera Construction is a subsidiary of Tridel, winner of the Green Builder of the Year (2007 to 2010). Deltera has worked with Options for the past 10 years on its condominium developments, including the recently completed Heintzman Place.
Options for Homes Staff: Options for Homes has a talented staff of 10 full time and 10 part time employees with expertise in sales, marketing and administration.
As suites are privately owned, all of Options condominiums are self-supporting.
strong community ties
community revitalization
low impact and low cost housing
add more subsidies especially geared to diasabled and their caregivers
Reducing carbon footprint
I think this is a great idea, and I'm just wondering -- I know you are primarily focused on new developments, but have you done any digging into ways that existing buildings/condominiums can be "re-developed" to reduce their carbon footprints as well?
Great proposal
Strengths- well established company and model
Weakness- I want to know where this building will be... close to ttc I hope?
Tell us general location of building
No Parking
All I think you are doing by not having parking is selling to car free people. No one is going to say hey let's buy this condo and get rid of the car.
Maybe a better plan would be to build a small parking lot to accommodate auto sharing.
No Parking
I agree with "hart" -- people are going car-free, not simply through lack of parking, but based on their proximity to employment/amenities/public transport. Can the applicant speak to those questions?
I only see the strengths of
I only see the strengths of this project.
Can't see any weaknesses.
love its practicality, but don't penalize those have car needs!
a REAL, practical solution for condo owners. With outrageous house prices & busy work life, owning a house could not be my option. no everyone wants to be fixing the house every weekend after working a week of 50 hours! Condo fees & cost of utilities hurts a lot once you calculate the total cost a year. Options for Homes presents an option!
i think people need a car because of many reasons. for example, if one lives in downtown due to proximity to work, but one's ethnic community & its wonderful food/york region is way north of downtown toronto (e.g. York region). then, the person really needs a car for a good 6-9 hours on the weekend! another example is due to the fact that the transit system in toronto does not allow people to have multiple destination that are all over the place (Montreal's transit allows efficient multiple destination commute). Low carbon emmision & low utilities cost are good, but the car share program needs to do a better assessment exploring why people need their own cars, without penalizing those who have car needs! i have to say that if the Mayor cuts down frequencies of buses, this could stop me from buing a condo with no/too mimited parking. would the absense of parking hurt the condo resale value?
Low carbon condominium
it's environmentally strong and affordable.
hope we can win the finalist.
hope we can win the finalist...
excellent for environment and
excellent for environment and community... great idea!
A great idea. . .
. . . a do-able plan that will have an immediate impact, and also offer a model that can be used elsewhere. One big strength: could help change the municipal parking requirements for new residential development. Current requirements are such money wasters!
Condo of the Future
I LOVE that this will be the 2nd condominium built in Toronto to be a parking-free condo, except when it comes to bicycles and ten Options for Cars spots! I think the on-site, car-share option is extremely progressive, particularly if this condo is built on top of, or beside, a mobility hub with all day GO service, like the one they are planning in Weston, not to mention the scenic Humber River bike trails. Add a farmers' market to the base of the condo project and you will have covered all the bases - good luck!
Add a farmers' market to the base of the condo project and you will have covered all the bases! Sustainable energy, transportation and a sustainable food supply!
Low Carbon Condo
The organization has a track record in construction of innovative alternative housing
Has alread tested out some alternative energy construction
Will include another of its social enterprises, Options for Cars to potentially further reduce carbon footprint
Discuss the financing for the condo
Also disagree about car-free
It's a very good proposal, but the car-free part is in my view restrictive. Some people need cars. They may have hybrid vehicles now and electric or hydrogen based cars in the future, and they ar eunable to be otherwise enviromentally friendly.
Drop the car-free idea.
Great idea
Fantastic business model. This is a winner!
Great proposal!!!!!!
Great proposal!!!!!!
Carbon free
So many cars taking up so much space.
It is crazy how much space cars take up and the energy to heat the garages!
I was shocked to see the amount of savings.
Keep up the great work
Have you looked at assessing parking garages that stack cars on top of each other.
carbon neutral - what about non-toxic?
I think this is a viable and wonderful idea. I'm not clear if you're including secured bicycle parking - if not - that would be a great addition. Maybe even something as silly as a bulletin board for ride sharing in the main lobby for those that have to drive places. I like the idea of adding a sustainable garden as well!!!!
It would be outstanding if you could take into account 'green' and/or healthy building practices in the constuction (i.e. using NAUF plywoods and sheet rock, non-toxic glues and sealants, no or low VOC paints, recycled jean insulation, FSC wood, etc. Treating building waste responsibly by sorting and recycling/disposing responsibly (i.e. what can go to Turtle Island, etc.). Will you have healthy air filters/systems so that the building envelope can "breathe" fresh air? Will you use sustainable and healthy flooring options (i.e. not synthetic carpets, etc.)? It would be great to know that your building is not only carbon neutral but also as minimally toxic and kind to the environment as possible.
Green condos +&-
Excellent and courrageous green project.
No-car can limit the flexibility for the owner, so the resale value can be affected. That being said, the condos will sell easily.
Encouraging Sustainable Living
The Low Carbon Condo is an inspiring idea - and the major strength is the around the ideas of taking advantage of the collective governance a condo and the creation of sustainbable living on a large scale - Rather than looking at single dwelling homes. This proposal looks at how to create sustainable living for 250 families which is really the thinking of the future. Congratulations!
The opporutnity to source sustainable energy was not metnioned - which would proabably sterngthen this proposal. Please see GreenHeroes webisode which explains more about this approach to energy delivery here.
The idea of the car pool within the condo is also very good.
There could be more details on how this plan can be made accessible to public if they were interested in getting involved in supporting some future projects -
Call to action and Green Action Hero
I see this project as an excellent resource or participant in our Call to Action campaign and also as a possible Green Action Hero. Glad to see you have mobilized your condo and like the idea that you are now thinking of extending it to the rentor community as well.
Involve a co-op like Arcadia Housing Co-oop. Their membership is already green-minded and looking for energy and dollar savings as well.
I think what's awesome about this entry is that they've already built a couple of buildings already. I think that adds credibility and shows they really know how to make it work.
I guess the question I have now that we're looking at the potential finalists, is do you guys really need the prize money. I see some of the other entries as proposals that actually need the money, to get themselves started and going. You guys seem well established and are looking at a 3rd or 4th project. For you this contest seems more about awareness/networking. Agree/disagree?
Congratulations on your
Congratulations on your inspiring ideas and plans. You are leading the field in awareness for sustainable living ! Good luck !
Cannot wait for this project
Love their previous projects and their quality is definitely top notch.
I think that this low carbon
I think that this low carbon condiminium will eventually inspire other condos to do the same
There will be a market for this
I live at Heintzman Pl and there are more bikes then cars. So a car free condo near TTC and a local downtown (ie The Junction or Bloor West Village) will have appeal. It is important to have near shopping. While this Condo isn't for everyone. I'm sure it will find it's market.
Realistic Approach
Resume editing This project is a success not only for itself but also the whole development of Toronto.I hope it will revolutionize the whole architecture industry to understand and support ebusiness and care for our environment.
Spread the concept thorugh Media and NGO's
Well done
Good project.The idea of the car pool within the condo is also good too.
Drop the car-free idea.
low carbon footprints
carbon foot prints are incresing day by day in this existing world. the reason is increasing use of energy and emission of CO2 due to this usage. this proposal has given a way to decrease a lot of emmission of CO2. there are a few places in the world which has very less consumption of carbon and emission of CO2 and Toronto is one of them. so this single step towards saving the world and making it a better place to live in in the future is very good...i appreciate this step.
i dont think very big improvement is needed. but this the ares can be increased where this proposal is implemented. instead of GTA if this proposal is applies in all the major cities of Canada then it would be awesome than it is now.
Go condominium
conodos are a great investment these days as these are more technologicaly advanced as compared to the appartments or basements.I would suggest and myself go for condos in this era due to easy access to all the facilities
This could be improved by utilization of credits more on advertisements of the condominiums in rentals and other sources of communication with the citizens of gta
Move the industry towards greener options!
The success of these types of projects will help other developers see the light and can make a big difference to shifting the entire condominium development industry in the right direction. Energy efficiency should be regulated to a higher degree, nice to have developers choosing to see the opportunity!
People need to realize that a lower carbon lifestyle has many advantages for quality of life, it isn't a punishment not to have a car, it is an improvement not to need one! Having use of a shared vehicle for those times when public transit won't work is a great solution! Walking and biking to local amenities will be crucial for projects such as this one, a further plus that should be mentioned is that these developments build more vibrant local neighbourhoods.
Saving energy
It's great to here that it's a second free car parking condo and that too with the parking space of 150 cars, and as it is a low carbon condominium which will contribute to minimize the level of energy consumed and hope for the project to complete soon.
I expect that if the expenses of the building are less (as mentioned about the great savings in the proposal) so the rent of the condo should also be less and the second want to improve is that there is nothing mentioned about the greenery or the surrounding area of the building. I hope you take my suggestions in a positive manner.
Great Concept
I think that the best part is that the owners of the condos will not be allowed to keep personal vehicles which will decrease the cost of construction of underground parking as well as the consumption of fuel will be less as public transports will be the mode of traveling. This will help in keeping the planet carbon free at some points that are possible.
The condo should include a life time membership of free travel all over GTA so that the owners of the condo get the benefit of following the idea.
Great idea; there is little
Great idea; there is little reason all buildings can't incorporate similar ideas. I question the insistence on not having parking. While this lowers the footprint of the building, it limits the appeal of the building to existing members of the urban eco-choir. While this hard line approach is perhaps what enables the project to have such a dramatically low footprint, it dooms the building to a niche appeal, and this thus limits the potential of the building to inspire change in people with softer green tendencies. I further question the need to launch a new car-sharing service when city-wide carshare services already exist. I think it will be very difficult to compete financially with services in place that have hundreds of cars available in locations across the GTA.
the location of the building will be the problem.
Right way
This is the right step for every citizen to particaipate in step to conserve the environment. This is helping to save the environment.
This needs the government to impose the laws to conserve the government.
The strength are their past
The strength are their past experiences and i done see any weeknesses
Think this proposal is great.
Think this proposal is great.
KUDOS to Options!
- Close to TTC
- Low maintenance fees
- Low cost units since it would probably cost less to build
- Second mortgage financed by Options for Homes
- Deltera (Tridel) best builder of year (almost every year)
- Buiding exteriors and interiors very well designed (construction, decoration, garbage and recycling rooms, meeting/community room, etc)
- Have many bike racks for rent
- Sound proof units
- Perhaps having an "Options for Bikes" program too?
- Close to the subway
- Will these units be sound proof?
- Will maintenance fees cost much less without a parking lot?
- Owner occupied suites.
- Walking distance to work and play
- No parking = low carbon footprint
- Options for Cars car share
- Solar powered hot water
Cons: location cannot be disclosed at this time
good effort towards removing carbon footprints
its good as carbon emmission is the main cause of global warming.
use stuff that is ecologocal in the production and use recylable stuff.
Not a bad start
There are several suggestions here that woudl be good to include.
Make it eaiser to sort recyling from garbage. Have two garbage shoots.
Being close to transport is essential if car ownership is not possible and this includes getting to various shopping malls and returning with substantial purchases.
The cost of the build should hopefully keep the overall prices/rents/maintenance under control.
- The units need to be fairly well soundproofed, keeping the cost of the build down should not introduce economies in this area.
- The maintenance fees need to be kept down to a reasonable level
- Provision needs to be made for people with disabilities, including old age, for whom jumping on a bike and cycling to the nearest mall, is not a viable proposition
Net-zero emissions!
Demonstrating what can be done in the booming condo market has significant benefits above and beyond the condo itself. All the design features mentioned have value, but it is the full package that needs to be put together and assessed in therms of emissions.
Check out some of the case studies which TAF has put together regarding multi-unit buildings in Toronto. There are real examples of condo buildings with less than half the energy of standard construction. Have you considered geothermal heating/cooling -- maybe can be leading-edge with super-efficient heat-exchangers. You've probably been in touch with TowerLabs @ MaRS and could perhaps be pilot site for some of the latest, efficient technologies and building approaches. Just don't get fixated with 'bells & whistles' and focus on the approaches which can seriously drive down energy use overall.
Showing your conservation credentials outside and in
For anyone who wants to show their conservtion credentials to the outside world, this project is great a the setup phase, No parking, proximity to transit, solar hot water, heat exchanger high efficiency boilers and chillers.
How can the owners of the building demonstrate conservation in the ongoing operations. When the residents move in and start living in the building they start personally consuming other resources such as electricity, water and natural gas.
Make the invisible visible/
Start with a display in the lobby of the current consumption of power. Ensure that all units and common areas are submetered for their use of electricity, water and natural gas..
For example, York Region Catholic District School Board has monitors in each school which display the consumption of electricity, for the entire school building, within 2 minutes of it being consumed (aka near-real time) The YCDSB set a target for kilowatt consumption when a school is occupied, an if the target is exceeded, the students & staff are warned of the overage, make adjustments, and monitor the impact of the changed behaviour.
The condo board could set similar consumption thresholds, one for common area for which all residents are responsible, and one for each unit, normalized by square footage and number of occupants to allow comparison of units with similar size and occupancy.
Give each unit owner a unique identifier, which allows them to know who they are, but not who anyone else is in the system.
As people enter or leave the building they can see on the entrance/exit monitor, which anonymous ID's are the top consumers of electricity per square foot or occupant in near-real time, and who the lowest ones are.
While in the unit behaviour which could be affected
- Unit baseload consumption when unoccuied (ie what is running when you are not in the unit), refridgeration, battery charging for multiple devices, phantom load for monitors and computers which are not quite off
- Incremental electrical draw when occupied (ie what do you turn on an run when you are in the unit) enjoying personal entertainment (Big screen tv, audio/hd entertainment) exercising (in-suite treadmills, spin machines), cooking (stove, oven, microwave) preparing food (blender, mixer, cuisinart), washing (dishwasher, clothes washing machine) drying (clothes dryer)
- Equip the hallways with motion sensors which allow the lights to be off when no one is in the hallways to reduce consumption in common areas, and to adjust heating and cooling when a unit is unoccuied for more than 1 hour.
- dispaly energy consumed for heating and cooling of the common areas and of the anonymous units. those who allow their unoccupied unit to heat up higher in the summer, and cool down further in the winter should see less consumption of electricity/natural gas when normalized to square footage, number of occupants, and the environment canada calculated heating and cooling degree days. In the constuction phase, equipping each unit we great insulation and windows of goor R factor, would prevent heat from radiating out in the winter, or heat radiating in during the summer.
- From a water heating perspective, only 1/3 of the water in the building is solar heated. How much hot water is being consumed. If less hot water is being used, could the solar heating of water actually support a higher percentage of the hot water needs.
Bottom line, if you know what you are consuming in near real time, you will change your behaviour. So not only can you show green bone-fides externally by using the shared bicycles, cars of the building.. you can actually show how the operation of your building is sustainable as well, first within the building and between anonymous neighbours, and then over time between different buildings which are similarly equipped and measured.
Next item to measure / monitor .. amount of waste exiting the building versus amount of recycling. But the metrics for that are not yet well defined.. Perhaps this can be discussed as well before November 15th 5PM.
Then move into the comfort zone.. What is the temperature of the uni
Low Carbon Condominium (Finalist)
Strengths: With the funds available at the time of the building design, every possible means were incorporated to save every for the building and every resident at the Heintzman Place. Solar panels, individual metering, our own car-share, green space for all resdents to participate in growing and enjoy the fruit of our labour.
No dobut, with new technology, Options for Homes buildings to follow will b able to incorporate better energy saving technologes. But, for now, Heintzman Place is the best.
No dobut, with new technology, Options for Homes buildings to follow will b able to incorporate better energy saving technologes. But, for now, Heintzman Place is the best.
Green Condos
This propoal has triple bottom line and is a great example of an integrated design keeping the energy usage lower. I am very mcuh in favour of the Options geneal model as a socail enterprise and believe it is susatianable in the long run.
Some questions: Please advise me of the Board make up of the building post closing- will there a stromg outside advisor on the Board or attached to the Baird other than the property management company? Is there a monitoring and reporting system in place for energy, is the compnesation for the property management company tied in any way to the building's performance? Has that been considered?
Heat pumps ?
A great incentive for other condo and home builders. It CAN be done and here it is! Going car-free is bold and challenging. There are folks downtown already without cars and so there is a market amongst those who are already ahead of the curve.
Does the project incorporporate heat pumps in order to reduce the space heating carbon footprint?
Great concept and idea
Every step taken to lessen our carbon footprint is a win for the environment.
Excellent team behind it.
Excellent team behind it. Triple bottom line project. This could be an example to follow, i.e. the benefits of this project can be greatly widespread throughout the housing industry.
I feel as though this is a
I feel as though this is a major step in the right direction. There will always be those who are not satisfied with some aspect of it, however, if we all do our best to reduce our carbon foot print, hopefully we will see amazing changes. As a young professional this would be very appealing. The city needs to get back on board building more/safe bike lanes for those people who choose riding a bicycle rather than taking public transit where possible. However, that is a entirely new topic.
It would be interesting to see how other aspects of this project are changed. I really enjoyed the idea of hosting farmers markets and various stores/kiosks that might sell recycled and/or environmentally friendly products to further encourage treating our world better.
Good ideas
Hello Marc -
I apologize for my delay in commenting on your initiative. You have a very interesting model and I appreciate your efforts to implement car sharing and energy efficiency options. It's great to see that you have already seen success and are moving forward with your plans.
A few suggestions that you may wish to consider:
1. Without better information on who is ultimately purchasing, its difficult to accurately estimate GHG emissions reductions - in these cases, I think that it is important to consider where the resident would have otherwise been living. I therefore suggest that you (on a voluntary and transparent basis of course!) collect information regarding their previous residence and lifestyle (i.e. car ownership) from the people who purchase the condos. You can see what general changes occured in the residents' lifestyles. You could also use information from Options for Cars to determine how much, on average, each member is responsible for from the current fleet. Finally, it would be great to use information specific to the Canadian context in your calculations, which would help to analyze outcomes from a GHG perspective more accurately. In general, I think that with a bit of digging, you could gather some great information that could inform future projects and their performance.
2. The above being said, I think that there are real GHG benefits associated with your initiative; it drives innovation and moves the curve forward. I think that this project is innovative in the sense that too often green initiatives cost more (in part because they are cutting edge) - this initiative can counter that by building mid to low cost residences that are environmentally friendly (including energy efficient).
3. As others have mentioned, I think that it will be important to foster a sense of community (including the shared ownership intrinsic to a condominium) and build strong social networks. These social networks can be used to influence behaviour, leading to greater building efficiency (as well as the social benefits of a close community). So items like building displays could be effective even at a 'building-level' (i.e. showing electrical, water and fuel consumption versus historic performance, etc) - eliminating the need for unit-level privacy concerns. I would also encourage you to look at lower-cost metering options (if the cost you mentioned of $1000 per water meter is for a city-installed water meter) - you might be able to get far less expensive meters for each suite that might be less reliable/accurate, but would still give you a sense of how much each suite utilizes, and be able to communicate that to residents, taking into account privacy issues. I think that aspect of your project (including Options for Cars) is key to the community-connection.
4. Finally, and this may have been addressed above, but I was curious as to why you don't seem to apply standards such as LEED to your buildings. I do think that there are benefits to being recognized to a standard, as it provides some boundaries and understanding concerning what the building has achieved (and so can help in quantifying the resulting impacts). I think that it can also provide a level of recognition in the community, and so help to push that curve forward (i.e. 'normalizing' energy efficient buildings). I can definitely understand that the cost of becoming LEED-accredited may be high and so strain budgets - so I'd be curious if you've already used or considered standards and why you may or may not use them.
Congratulations on Heintzman Place, and good luck!
Thanks, Chris
Great step in an important
Great step in an important direction. We need more people in low energy condos to save energy and save what's left of farmland and nature. Weakness is that this should have been done YEARS ago!
A good start
I'd definitely like to see more condos with low carbon footprints.
Unless car owners are excluded from owning one of your condos, you can't guarantee that you are reducing car-related emissions simply because you won't have a parking garage. Lots of people pay for City of Toronto street parking permits. For example, hybrid owners would be probably love to live in your building and probably buy a street permit to get around the fact that they can't park there. Bottom line: you may be overestimating your CO2 savings.
The strengths of this
The strengths of this proposal are the high encouragement of car sharing and cost effectiveness. The weakness, if any, may be the sligh loss of private car option for individuals that do need it, for professional/business reasons.
The dream of ownership a reality
Finally, sustainable community growth and revitaliztion.
Seems too good to be true, but is not. Word of mouth is all that such excellent projects need to get started. Then they begin to mushroom. Perhaps should have Euro style electronics monitoring to keep energy consumption better controlled.
As with micro lending, is a Nobel Prize in the offing here for the founding team?
"Lowest carbon condo in N.Am" - what does this mean?
Well done, Options. I'm 100% with you, in principle. We as Canucks and Yankees are so far behind in the understanding of and response to carbon footprints.
It's fascinating how many people in their comments are opposed to the building being "car-free". Didn't read the proposal, I guess, and realize that there is place for a car scheme. Just not a private, single-owner car scheme...
I suppose the larger issue worth commenting on, is your claim above for "lowest carbon". How are you defining this? Again, N. Americ is way behind on defining "low carbon" in the building trades, never mind "zero-carbon" structures. But many jurisdictions (national, municipal, professional, civil society} are taking a crack at it, so whose carbon measurement system are you intending to measure against, to make your low carbon claim clear and verifiable? Making up your own standards, measurements and indicators isn't going to convince anyone else, of course, and would turn "lowest carbon" into "highest greenwash".
I'd advocate that you declare your project to be in compliance with a third-party carbon measurement system, and seek certification at the highest level of that system. The LEED system is questionable on the carbon side, of course, and may not survive N.America's wakeup to building standards that really address climate change (whever that definitively happens!). But perhaps one of the low/zero-carbon sets of building and operations standards in operation or development in the UK (http://www.zerocarbonhub.org/resourcefiles/1101177.pdf) Germany, Sweden, Denmark could be employed, to provide definition and teeth to your claim. These will deal with the full life-cycle range of:
- Materials manufacturing (e.g., concrete)
- Materials transport
- Demolition wastes transport
- Demolition wastes treatment
- Electricity and fuel consumption
- Consumption of fossil fuels on-site for the production of electricity, hot water, heat, etc.
- On-site waste water treatment
- On-site solid wastes treatment
- Industrial processes housed in the buildings
- etc...
Good luck! I look forward to this project developing.
Low Carbon condo
Excellent example of a social enterprise
Application of green building technologies
Self financed (no subsidies)
Another Co2 savings: auto sharing reduces members annual Co2 contributions because not owning a car is shown to lessen total miles driven as people make different choices for each trip vs always taking the car if you own it
Provide shuttle service to nearest subway to further entice people from using cars.
To me , energy savings with
To me , energy savings with reduced reliance on privately owned cars is a fundamental prerequisite to any design that approaches "sustainable". But the community-owned apect of the Option for Homes model is the key to reproducibility and scaleability, which is this proposal's real strength.
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Shiseido is a Japanese cosmetics and hair-care company founded in 1872. Although the company is Japanese, its name is derived from a passage in the classic Chinese text I Ching. A translation of the name reads, "Praise the virtues of the great Earth, which nurtures new life and brings forth new values."
Arinobu Fukuhara, a former Head Pharmacist for the Japanese Navy, founded Apothecary Shiseido in 1872. After a visit to the United States, he added a soda fountain to the pharmacy. This was the beginning of the "East meets West" concept which would serve the future cosmetics giant so well.
Arinobu's son Shinzo was the Shiseido company's first president. Shinzo studied Eastern medicine at a Japanese university, then traveled to America to study pharmacology at Columbia. A world traveler and a camera buff, he traveled to Paris in 1915, where he first encountered photography as an art, according to the Western aesthetic. Shinzo would go on to become a celebrated photographer, and his unique background, incorporating both Eastern and Western traditions, helped move Shiseido from its origins as an apothecary to the cosmetics corporation it has become today.
Shiseido was the first company to develop a softening lotion in the liquid form with which we are familiar today. Shiseido also introduced the concept of color cosmetics to Japan with its seven colors of face powder, which revolutionized the industry at a time when white face powder was the norm in Japan. By 1923, the original shop had expanded to multiple outlets, and it became a publicly-held stock company in 1927.
The company's original expansion began in Taiwan and Singapore in 1957. It crossed the pond to Hawaii in 1962, which provided entrance into the American market and led to the formation of Shiseido Cosmetics America. European expansion began in 1968, followed by New Zealand opening up Oceania in 1971.
Today, Shiseido offers products under approximately 18 different brands throughout the world. Among them are the Shiseido skin care line, NARS cosmetics, Joico hair care products, and perfumes produced under the Shiseido label, through division Beaute Prestige International and under the Serge Lutens label.
Zen was the first fragrance offered by Shiseido. The company produces it today in two formulas: the original Zen, featuring the packaging from 1965 and a similar formula, and a new version of Zen introduced in 2007. A men's Zen was introduced in 2009. Shiseido's former employee, Serge Lutens, a make-up artist and designer for the company, introduced classics Nombre Noir and Feminite du Bois under the Shiseido names. Serge Lutens is now an independent line producing fragrances under the Shiseido umbrella. Shiseido's Beaute Prestige International division produces fragrances for a number of prominent designers such as Issey Miyake, Jean Paul Gaultier and Narciso Rodriguez.
Designer Shiseido has 23 perfumes in our fragrance base. The earliest edition was created in 1965 and the newest is from 2012. Shiseido fragrances were made in collaboration with perfumers Dominique Preyssas, Claudette Belnavis, Pierre Bourdon, Christopher Sheldrake, Jacques Cavallier, Nathalie Lorson and Michel Almairac.
- SHISEIDO Zen EDP 5ml(For Her) [ZEN300m5] RM 30.00
- SHISEDO Zen for Men EDT 5ml [ZEN301m5] RM 28.00
- [VIAL] SHISEIDO Zen EDP Spray 1ml RM 8.00
- [TONER]SHISEIDO White Lucent Brigthening Toning Lotion Cool 25ml SWL08 RM 20.00
- Shiseido The Skincare Day Moisture Protection SPF (15ml) SS06 RM 18.00
- Shiseido The SkinCare Night Moisture Recharge (15ml) SS04 RM 20.00
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I have a problem where I have transferred files via USB onto my PBO core. I transferred some files and now some of the files that were transferred are now missing and some of my files have been duplicated. (I have at least 10-12 files in duplication....like two Weekend at Bernie's with the same name and filesize) I am only having issues in a folder I created called "Movies" and have more than 70 files in that folder.
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The Great Tumblr Book Search entry: FYASO!
F*** Yeah Art Student Owl is a meme that was created by Kendra Wells in 2011. It has remained active over the past two years, recently winning the CollegeScholarships.org 2012 blogging scholarship. Today it has over 62,000 followers from across the globe!
Snarky, overworked artists and art students have come together to submit and commiserate over FYASO posts. There have been over 7,000 unique posts, almost all of which are user-submitted!
FYASO fans have also created original Owl-inspired works of art!
All this got me thinking…
The most popular posts could be paired with original art, photography, and design to create a unique book-readin' experience that is itself a work of art.
By nature a book made for artists, by artists is going to be beautiful and painful(ly funny).
So consider FYASO, Chronicle! Art kids need more books.
We keep getting paint on ours.
Otherwordly is one year old today!
So I figured today would be a good time to announce that OTHERWORDLY IS GOING TO BE PUBLISHED BY CHRONICLE BOOKS!
asdf;lkj you guys I'm so thrilled. Think about it—soon you'll be able to have a book full of strange and lovely words with you wherever you go! (I've even got a word for that: vade mecum, a favorite book carried everywhere. Sorry, couldn't resist.)
And really, it's been a great year all around. Otherwordly's posted 473 words so far (the first was "saudade") and the blog reached 50,000 followers just last week. So THANK YOU to each and every one of you wonderful word-lovers, and a million thank-yous to my agent John Cusick.
Why Did You Buy This Book Filled With Pictures of Some Weird Girl, Dad? Did You Think I Would Be Into This? Why Didn't You Just Get Me a Gift Card?
This is an entry for Chronicle Books' search for the next great blog-based humor book.
Synopsis: How do we use clothes? As shields? As rapier? As art? As form signifying content? As mere necessity? As bourgeois aspiration, or as a refusal of such? A mysterious artist known only as Gowns takes pictures of herself doing errands, because she has no functions to attend, no street photographers who have stopped her while she does errands, and no money. She uploads her pictures to fashion sites, where her routine tasks performed in sweatpants interrupt the flow of commodity fetishism. Her blank gaze suggests that there is no aspirational future — the idea of progress is a lie. Look upon her average frame. She is the everywoman. She is us all.


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Ball company Baden Sports quietly moves to Renton
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February 25, 2013 · 4:58 PM
After 20 years in Federal Way, Baden Sports Inc. moved its world headquarters so quietly that city officials found out after the fact.
The company specializes in sports equipment like basketballs, footballs, volleyballs, playground balls, baseballs and axe-handled bats.
In December, Baden upgraded to a bigger space in Renton, the city where the family-owned company first launched in 1979.
Baden needed a larger facility and "couldn't find one in the immediate Federal Way area that met our needs," said Steve Thompson, chief operating officer. "We had basically outgrown the building there."
In 1993, Baden opened a nearly $3 million factory and warehouse in Federal Way with 70 employees. Annual revenue in recent years has been reported between $27 million and $36 million, according to online sources, and the private company employs about 90 people.
The 60,000-square-foot Federal Way facility now sits vacant at South 341st Place and 21st Avenue South, tucked in a cul-de-sac next to I-5. The new Renton facility is located at 3401 Lind Ave. SW, just off State Route 167.
Patrick Doherty, economic development director for Federal Way, said city officials were unaware of Baden's departure until a real estate broker inquired about the company's empty building.
"We were never informed by Baden Sports that they were considering leaving before they did leave," Doherty told The Mirror, noting that the city would have explored options to keep Baden in Federal Way. "We don't have as much industrial land and building supply as some of the other valley cities, but we certainly would have tried."
Further inquiries about company details were directed to Baden CEO Michael Schindler, who is on vacation this week and unavailable for comment at press time.
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Legendary NCAA coach Bobby Knight has endorsed Baden's basketballs, and several state high school athletic associations nationwide use Baden as their "official ball."
Some of the company's clients include the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA), American Volleyball Coaches Association, the University of Washington and the Harlem Globetrotters. Baden also produces promotional products for the Green Bay Packers, Pittsburgh Steelers, Los Angeles Lakers and Chicago Bulls.
Baden's athletic balls are manufactured in Chinese factories as well as in the Dominican Republic, Vietnam, Pakistan and Malaysia, according to a 2007 report in the Puget Sound Business Journal.
A 1997 report by the U.S. Department of Labor details Baden Sports and its practice of labeling soccer balls as being produced without child labor.
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Stratton says they had twenty one business and individual donations of $100 each toward expenses for the tournament.
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Still looking for last minute holiday gifts for hard-to-buy friends and relatives? I've got a few that just came across my desk in time for you to run out and buy a copy.By: Dave Wood,
Still looking for last minute holiday gifts for hard-to-buy friends and relatives? I've got a few that just came across my desk in time for you to run out and buy a copy.
Books, you know, are easy to wrap.
If you get stuck with a batch of apples, you make applesauce. That's what a longtime acquaintance of mine did when the newspaper where he served as book review editor closed down its book review section.
Nick Basbanes was middle-aged and the prospects were glum. But Basbanes put his shoulder to the wheel and pushed hard.
First he self-syndicated a book review column and then he began researching like mad.
His first book out of the chute was "A Gentle Madness," for which he earned a nomination for best non-fiction book by the National Book Critics Circle. It's a fine book about book collecting and its attendant madness.
Several books followed and now he's out with "A World of Letters," by Nicholas A. Basbanes (Yale University Press, n.p.), a history of Yale University Press on the occasion of the prestigious publisher's 100th birthday.
Bibliophiles like Basbanes will love to read the inside story on how a great academic press has operated.
Have an inspiring writer in the family? Try "The Virginia Woolf Writer's Workshop: Seven Lessons to Inspire Great Writing," edited by Danell James (Bantam, $14), just out in paperback. I reviewed this book years ago when it came out in hardcover.
Now it's out at a very affordable price and is must anyone who aspires to writing.
I'm not much for state fairs. Too big. Too noisy. Too commercial. Give me a county fair any day.
That's why I liked a new book out from the University of Wisconsin, "Purebred & Homegrown: America's County Fairs," by Drake Hokanson and Carol Kratz (Terrace Books,$29.95 paper).
It's chock full of color photos, a lively text and makes many references to county fairs all over the country without excluding Wisconsin and Minnesota. Pass the pronto pups!
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They were especially surprised at how small our bagels are and how little cream cheese we serve with them. I agree.
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Read about the bagel and its history in "The Bagel: The Surprising History of a Modest Bread," by Maria Balinska (Yale University Press, $24).
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Published: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at 9:25 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at 9:25 a.m.
A Lake County man and woman suffered smoke inhalation and the couple's three dogs were killed when a fire broke out Tuesday evening in their home in Nice. The cause of the 6 p.m. fire was under investigation, but it appeared to have started in or near a fireplace and destroyed the living room, Battalion Chief James Crabtree said.
The man, who apparently tried to fight the flames, burned his hands, Crabtree said. The woman stayed inside to try to rescue the dogs but eventually was forced to flee the burning structure through a bedroom window, he said.
Both were taken by ambulance to Sutter-Lakeside Hospital in Lakeport for treatment, he said.
Firefighters from the Northshore and Lakeport fire departments arrived at the house on Lakeview Drive near Tehama Street and "did a pretty fast knockdown when they got there," Crabtree said. Firefighters also retrieved one of the dogs -- a pug -- and took it for veterinary care, though it later died, he said. Two other dogs also perished in the fire, he said.
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Comments about NIKE Men's LunarGlide+ 4 Running Shoes:
One Of The Best Lunarglides So Far, Very Lightwieght, Great Cushion And Pretty Good Arch Support. Great Shoe If You Do A Lot Of Running, It Will Keep Your Feet Happy.
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This is my third pair in the Lunar series and also probably the last unless the next model improves. The shoe has a lot of padding on the front outer part, and then poor arch support - so it makes my foot feel really uneven and not at all balanced. Also, there isn't enough cushioning in the front - just in the back - so it's not very good for walking or general use - just for running.
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The best LunarGlide so far
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I use the LunerGlide 4 as a road running trainer that doubles as an occasional racing shoe. I find the cushioning to be superb, even better than previous LunarGlide versions. The Lunarlon foam is brilliant at both shock absorbtion and energy return. This, combined with the light weight of the shoes and the moderate pronation control, allows a large runner such as myself to enjoy the benefits of wearing a lightweight racing flat on race day without the downsides such as lack of support.The only downside for me is that I found the toe box slightly narrow for my right foot, but this is a peculiarity unique to me because of a previous injury.
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Highlights: Your Company Should Be a Vehicle for Your Passion2:30
Entrepreneur Dawn Halfaker talks about her unique approach to starting her software company, Halfaker & Associates.
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Dawn Halfaker, CEO of Halfaker and Associates, woke up in the hospital after being critically wounded in the Iraq war. But she says that was her new beginning.
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Entrepreneur Dawn Halfaker, who lost her arm fighting in Iraq, talks about how she approached her new circumstances.
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when you see someone across the room but can't get to them so you raise your hands like a high-five but don't touch because of the distance. derived from wi-fi and high five. a wireless high five. Yo! Wi-five!
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December 11, 2007 Urban Word of the Day
It's a high five that doesn't involve actually contact, normally over a long distance where a real high-five isn't possible.
Mix of "wireless" and "high-five", hence "wi-five", (wireless high-five) Iain (yelling across the room): Dude, that mess was teh pwnz. Wi-five, brosef
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A long-distance high-five, often referred to as an "air-five". Commonly used when a friend is too far away to reach and slap some skin, such as in a crowded party, on the dance floor, car-to-car, or in class. Hey man, lay it on me... *holds up hand for high-five*. Oh you're sick? Well just Wi-Five me then.
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Giving someone a virtual high-five via email or other Internet based format in appreciation of a noteworthy achievement or action. Giving some "props" over the internet A group of friends are sharing a lengthy email discussion throughout the day and one person emails a particularly enjoyable (for the rest of the group) insult to one member of the group and the other participants send wi-fives to the insulting party praising her wit.
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A high five from a distance, usually affected by the presence of obstacles that separate both high-fiving parties. there were five people sitting between me and Jim so we had to Wi-Five
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the term given to the act of high-fiving a fellow comrade or peer upon discovery of a WiFi internet signal. Mike: Shit man we're lost... what the fuck are we going to do?
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