Social at 100k House

Two MSSD students who bought the 100k house had a back-to-school/housewarming jam at their place last night. The 100k house by Postgreen over in the E. Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia is a really cool project I've been following for almost a year. From their site:

100k house is slated to be the first LEED Platinum, single-family home in Philadelphia and the state of Pennsylvania. Postgreen is also investigating the possibility of the 100K House as being the most affordable LEED Platinum home ever built in the world.

Having Avery and Claire invite everyone over was a great opportunity to see the project first hand, and get to know some of the other students. I wasn't able to show up until late because ofthe Phillies game, around 9pm, and at that point the party was in full-swing.

The house what I expected, but maybe a little more rough around the edges than I pictured. You can see that it's still a work in progress for the developer as they had quality control issues with things like drywall finishing, and a lot of the standard fine finishing were omitted to make the home affordable, which I think most of us would be perfectly fine with. It is really great to see what it's like to live in one of these modern green homes, with a few friends over to see how the space and flow of the house comes together.

One of the interesting networking opportunities that was new to me is Green Drinks. A few of the students frequent the event and have made some pretty good connections from it. I'll definitely try to add it to my schedule.