Love these yearly interviews with Joe in his crawlspace.............

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Here is a link to the article and a transcript of the interview 

http://www.energycircle.com/blog/2013/08/14/building-science-summer-camp-2013-5th-annual-uncensored-twitterview-joe-lstiburek

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.

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

LEED Gold home in Medford, Oregon

LEED for homes is a nationally recognized third party certification program of the U.S. Green Building Council.  It is a point based system that measures performance in eight areas: Indoor Environmental Quality, Energy Efficiency, Water Efficiency, Site Selection, Site Development, Materials Selection, Residents’ Awareness, and Innovation.  

LEED is like the nutrition label that demonstrates in measurable terms how a home incorporates efficient features, with the added assurance that the final product has been third party-verified and performance tested.  LEED homes are even given an EPS (Energy Performance Score), which is a clear and quantitative way to assess a new home's energy consumption, estimated utility costs and related carbon impact. 


Jovick Construction built this LEED Gold certified home in Medford.  One of the most critical strategies for this project was to keep the final build price within the range of it's neighbors for future resale purposes, while building to LEED standards.  The key to meeting this goal was the collaborative approach we took in which the homeowners, the builder, and the architect were working as a team from the very beginning stages of design.  The end result was an extremely functional floor plan and a house that performs as a holistic system.  


Here are some of the key factors which contributed to earning the LEED Gold certification:

Solar Hot Water

Fresh air ventilation system

HVAC efficiency of 8.5 HPSF-13 SEER

Roof insulation value of R-49

Floor insulation value of R-38

Greatly reduced envelope leakage (3.4ACH)

Water conserving faucets, toilets, landscaping

No or low VOC paints, primers, adhesives

72% of construction waste was diverted from landfill

To learn more about the LEED for homes visit:  www.usgbc.org/leed/homes

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