About Us

This web site was created to encourage other people to build in a more environmentally friendly way, and so this is my contribution to the planet.  The tutorial is an adaptation of a powerpoint presentation developed by Thor Petersen and me.  Although I gathered information from many sources, I'm particularly indebted to the many people who have shared their knowledge at the Northwest Ecobuilding Guild, and in particular, Jon Alexander for his construction knowledge.

For an overview of what's on this site, click here.

Awards & Media

Dec 24,2007 The environment report (public radio)
  http://environmentreport.org/story.php3?story_id=3803

April 18,2007 King-TV, 5pm news

April 21, 2006  Cable news network, 6am news

April 9,2006 Seattle Times, Pacific Northwest Magazine, "A Model of Efficiency"

April, 2005 : Business and Industry Resource Venture, Best Award for innovation in conservation

April, 2005: The Sustainable Industries Journal Northwest, "Home Green Home"

March, 2005:  we won the best built-green house (for new construction) given by the City of Seattle.

Aug, 2004: We were the first house in King County to be certified as a five-star built-green home.

July, 2004: Evergreen monthly  "Green Team: The Human Side of Remodeling", Heather Nordell.

Biographies

Bob Scheulen is a native of New Jersey who discovered mountains and moved to Seattle in 1981.  Interested in the environment since high school, Bob belongs to a variety of environmental groups and land preservation group as well as the Northwest Ecobuilding Guild, of which he is the past president.  In past lives, Bob got a BS from Stevens Institute of Technology, worked as systems programmer (compilers, utilities and operating systems) for over twenty years, owned a record store (Silver Platters) for eight years, oil paints in the realist style, and spends a lot of time bicycling and hiking.

Kim Wells is a third generation Californian who grew up partly in Wyoming. Always an entrepreneur, Kim started her first business at age 22, after a brief career as a paralegal. In past lives, Kim owned a health club, was a fitness and heath fanatic, and ran a personal training business out of studio in Redmond, Washington. In addition to participating in the sensible house project, Kim is writing a historical fiction novel, doing a little political activism learning all about ecological restoration and helping underprivileged women start their own businesses.