2/7/12

Brian Olmstead of Ironwood Builders called back.  Going out of town; recommended calling partner Craig Modisher (passive house trained) at 351-1915.  Spoke with Craig (who had met with Liz Walker last year).  Ironwood tends to do custom homes, and are primarily builders.  Scope and production of TREE is larger than their capacity but offered his services as a consultant/trainings ($75/hr -- 2-3 hrs training subs; approx 1 day for contractor).  Craig emphasized the importance of proper oversight of construction; all subs being watched to achieve goal.  Passive House requires the "whole"-- concept, building, organism, mechanical, shell -- to be working towards same goal.  Craig also believes it is critical for energy modeling (plugging in numbers on spread sheet about heat load and heat source) to make sure we are getting what we are hoping to get.  Craig is an available resource interested in supporting efforts of passive house.