Oak Knoll Educational Event

I like to think our business is apart of the local community.  That is why these last two post have been about community and our role.  A great way to get people together on a Saturday, is to offer them free ice cream!  Cold Stone Creamery even!!

Below are pictures of our fee event we put on when we completed our last project.  This home is certified Energy Star, and Earth Advantage Platinum! The advanced building technique we had on display was a "Ducts Inside Strategy."  In this home all the heating and air conditioning ducts, and the furnace are placed within the homes insulated area.  In most homes the ducts and furnace are in the attic where it's the hottest in the summer and the coldest in the winter, basically outside.  This strategy provides a savings of approximately 20-25% in heating and air conditioning bills. That's HUGE!!!!!

All people had to do was walk through the house we just built, look at all the great pictures we took during construction.  Read the explanations, have fun, ask questions, and eat free ice cream.

We had a blower door setup in the back room.  This home had was tested
at 1.5 ACH50.  That is tight!  It also has a fresh air intake and exhaust system
for the whole house.

All the pictures were taken with my Iphone. 

It's packed!

Even kids are learning about high performance building techniques!
Anything for ice cream...

Good times.

There were a lot of options for ice cream.

It couldn't have been a nicer day.

The Coldstone Creamery mobile unit team. They were great!

These are our clients Lois and David.

We had a great turnout.  What a great day!!

Owning a business and being apart of a community

Locked Up

This year I was asked to be apart of the annual MDA Lockup charity drive.  I have never done anything like that, and was not sure how it would go.  But, eager to participate in the community I joined up.  Owning a business means I have lots of local vendors I can ask to help out, which they did.

Through Facebook, and emails I raised over $1400!  I was flabbergasted by the response of friends, colleges, and family.

THANK YOU TO ALL THAT DONATED!! BIG HUGE THANKS!

It was fun, and I think I actually helped some local kids!

Those are the bankers counting the $.  See the TV station lady on the left.

Go on a Solar Tour and learn from the Profesionals

A beautiful sunny day for the initial presentation. 

Solar Tours are a great way to get together with like minded individuals, and learn about advanced building techniques.  You get to actually go into these high performance homes and see what makes them so great.

Here are several pictures from this year and last years Rogue Valley Green and Solar Tour.  We were also a part of the Ashland Green and Solar Tour this year. Our Oak Knoll project was one of the homes on the  tour.  I will post more about that later.  I like talking to homeowners and professionals about the work we have done, at the actual house.  

Sign up in the morning. Hey I know that lady!

I love riding on the bus as a group.  It reminds me of being back in school.

During our solar tours we try to give the groups full access to each of the homes. Each home usually has 2-3 separate presentations to educate the people on tour about that specific homes features.  The presenters are usually the homeowner, architect, builder, Earth Advantage or one of the subcontractors that did a great job.  It is a really hands on way to learn.  

Here I am giving a short presentation on 3rd party certifications like LEED
and Earth Advantage.

Fred Gant w/ Earth Advantage giving our introduction speech for the 2011 RVGS TOUR

Riding the bus!

One stop was the Showcase Home built by the local HBA.  

Lars with Ferguson is giving a presentation on tank-less hot water heaters and
manifold plumbing systems.

This home has a PV solar system. ( provides electricity to the home.)

This homeowner gave a great presentation to a group of about 40.

Bernie is giving his presentation on how the HVAC system works for this home.

The lower  PV solar panels are really old school, but still work!  The upper panels
are the new solar hot water system.

SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!!!

Benefits of building a LEED certified home with Jovick Construction

This is a great video that explains the many benefits of building a LEED certified home.  Take a moment and watch.  Then call us and we can talk about building YOUR LEED certified home!


Enjoy.


LEED for Homes: Certification Process from U.S. Green Building Council on Vimeo.

Jovick Construction is in the paper!

Hey Everybody! We were on the front page of the lifestyle section in Sunday's Mail Tribune.  It is an article about the home we built for Peter and Sherry Lee.  My Inlaws!  It was on last years Green and Solar Tour and is the first and only home in Medford to receive a LEED H certification!  Check it out!

Follow this link to read the article:

http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20110925%2FLIFE%2F109250303