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Dec 27

The much awaited City Cabins coming mid-January

City Cabins to be completed mid-January 2012!

The much awaited 2 high-performance hi-tech homes built by award winning Builder Martha Rose Construction in Seattle’s Queen Anne neighborhood are due to be completed in mid-January 2012.

The near net-zero homes are filled with hi-end energy efficient equipment that is a perfect compliment to the hi-tech building techniques used to build City Cabins. Rose has  developed a solid reputation for building  award winning hi-performance homes and building  in the  Seattle marketplace has continually  pushed the energy-efficient envelope.  The building and design of City Cabins should be Rose’s most energy-efficient homes so far.

Homes will be open for view and tours beginning Sunday January 22, 2012. For more information contact Adrian Willanger 206 909-7536.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oct 13

Green Jobs on Seattle’s Queen Anne Hill

Green Jobs on Seattle’s Queen Anne Hill

 

Success breeds success particularly when you are continually looking to raise the bar in green home building. Builder Martha Rose, president of Martha Rose Construction in Seattle Washington, builds spec homes that are approaching net-zero and is gaining a reputation as leading builder in the race to build net-zero homes.

Green Jobs on Seattle’s Queen Anne Hill. The homes at Fish Singer Place were awarded the Built Green “Green Hammer Award” for small communities in 2010, for their sustainable development, stormwater management, building and energy conservation practices.

Rose mentions “the biggest energy saving features of her homes is to use as little energy as necessary.” This doesn’t mean walking around the house in the cold seasons with the temperature turned down and a sweater on. By building a super-insulated house, with energy saving components; lighting, heating & cooling equipment, HRV, hot water tank, windows & doors and appliances all collectively make a huge difference in the amount of energy that is consumed during peak heating and cooling seasons.

City Cabins, is one of the most anticipated high-performance home projects this year, located in the heart of Seattle in the Queen Anne neighborhood. The two homes take advantage of Queen Anne’s unique topography by offering dramatic views of surrounding Fisherman’s Terminal and Salmon Bay.

Homes will be completed in late 2011. We encourage all interested homebuyers to register online for future timelines and updates or alternatively visit CityCabins.com or contact Adrian Willanger 206 909-7536 for more information.

 

Sep 22

City Cabins builder awarded Built Green Hammer

Built Green Hammer Awards were given out to the most innovative and greenest projects certified in 2010, and the Built Green Pioneer Awards recognized individuals who demonstrated outstanding volunteerism and advocacy for the Built Green program in recent years.

Built Green Hammer Awards

Single-family Large Production Builder: Natural and Built Environments, LLC, Kirkland

Single-family Small Production Builder (under 100 homes): DC Granger, Inc.; Dwell Development

SeattleSingle-family Custom or Small Speculative: Shirey Contracting – Zero Energy Idea House

IssaquahMultifamily High Rise (over 5 stories): Keller CMS / Urban Partners – Aspira Apartments

SeattleMultifamily Low Rise (under 5 stories): Legacy Partners – River Park

CABuilt Green Community – Small: Martha Rose Construction, Inc. – Fish Singer Place Shoreline

Remodeler: Blip DesignBuilt Green Advocate (Public Sector): Issaquh

King CountyBuilt Green Advocate (Private Sector): Green Canopy Homes

Seattle Built Green Pioneer Awards:

Brad Liljequist, City of Issaquah

Jason Lear, Batt+Lear

Sep 19

City Cabins in National Solar Tour

Time to ROCK the Solar Nation! Registration is now open for the 2011 National Solar Tour, slated for October 1. Last year’s tour featured 700 tours across all 50 US states, the Virgin Islands and Mexico. Let’s make this year’s tour even grander.

 

The ASES National Solar Tour is the world’s largest grassroots solar event. This event offers you the opportunity to tour innovative green homes and buildings to see how you can use solar energy, energy efficiency, and other sustainable technologies to reduce monthly utility bills and help tackle climate change.

City Cabins

City Cabins will be open to tour October 1, 2011 from 10am-4pm.  See the solar array installed by A & R Solar and many more high tech building techniques that are being used by Martha Rose Construction, this behind the wall tour is a rare opportunity to see firsthand how a high-performance home is designed and built.

Location Map

 

Seizing Energy Efficiency

The Seattle event, Solar Washington, features open house tours of solar-powered homes, to introduce the solar technologies citizens are using to 1) slash monthly energy bills, 2) reduce harmful carbon emissions, 3) assert their energy independence and 4) enjoy rich tax credits and cash incentives as they improve their property values.

 

For more information contact Adrian Willanger 206 909-7535

 

Sep 19

Solar Truths….Get Jesse

Martha Rose and King 5 News Jesse Jones

Solar Truths….Get Jesse

Seattle, WA- Last Friday September 16, 2011 Jesse Jones from King 5 News was onsite at City Cabins filming an up-coming Get Jesse story about the truths about soar panels. Jesse’s interview with City Cabin home builder Martha Rose can be seen at 5pm September 21, 2011 on king 5.com./news/get-jesse

Aug 26

1st Behind the Walls Tour for Innovative Green Built Seattle Homes

In the midst of the rapid growth of the life-science/biotech activity in Seattle’s South Lake Union it’s no wonder Seattle has become a leader in innovative green home building. Seattle builder Martha Rose has been at the forefront of Green Building in the Seattle market place for over a decade and has built some of the most energy-efficient, healthy spec-homes in the Seattle marketplace. Join Martha to learn firsthand how she integrates hi-tech building science and clean technology advancements into their new next-gen homes. Coming in September 2011.

Sign up for tour updates!

Some of the areas to be showcased in the behind the walls tour:

  • Advance slab, wall, ceiling, and roof components
  • Air sealing and techniques used to eliminate thermal bridging
  • Heat-Recovery-Ventilation used for producing continuous fresh air
  • Photovoltaic system and wiring requirements
  • Innovative reclaimed green  features


 

 

Jun 9

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -Building Permit Issued- City Cabins Partners with Dow

Building Permit Issued- City Cabins Partners with Dow

City Cabins is pleased to become a Dow partner,” said Martha Rose, President of Martha Rose Construction, Inc.

 

June 9, 2011, Seattle, Wa- City Cabins today announced they have selected Dow to provide them with their blue foam insulation.

Background

Since 2005, Martha Rose Construction (MRC) has been using a wall assembly that later became known in the Pacific Northwest as the “Martha Wall.”  It consists of 2×6 studs with ½” DOW blue foam added under the exterior plywood. With blown in fiberglass batts, this wall achieves an impressive R-26, which has met the criteria for the Built Green 5-star certification since its inception in 2005. This closed cell sheet foam is virtually air and moisture proof and the framers find it easy to work with because they can install it with the plywood using a nail size that is just one size longer. From 2005 through 2008 MRC has constructed 20 homes using the “Martha Wall” with ½” DOW blue.

Current Project

DOW has agreed to partner with MRC on our current project “City Cabins on Queen Anne Hill” by furnishing us with blue foam that will be installed under the plywood exterior walls and 4” of blue foam under-slab insulation. These upgrades will bring us closer to achieving net-zero energy.

Also, in our seismic area building new homes with foam under the plywood has been tested by Oregon State University and found theses homes have almost 3 times the deflection capability as a plywood wall without foam when 5600 pounds of force are applied to the assembly. The foam dissipates the kinetic energy by providing cushion.

During the building process there will be continuous progressive workshops on and offsite explaining our simple and effective building techniques.

For more information regarding the wall assembly and the use of blue foam contact Martha Rose at 206 784-0147.

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Martha Rose Construction leads the home building industry by building Green High-Performance Homes.  In March of 2007, MRC became a partner with the Department of Energy and the Building America program. Their goal is to help builders achieve a zero-net energy use home that is competitively priced in the market place