I was joined with Mike Sullivan CEO of Newport Pacific and Jacque Lauder a licensed Gerontologist on a discussion of the Baby Boomers, Sandwich Generation and improvements to communities to plan a strategy, get the community ready for the large concentration of Seniors becoming 65 the next 19 years. We covered the demographics, the housing replacement, rentals, solar power and common area changes needed to attract these seniors to the MHC community.

Our Powerpoint presentation is available

1. Recycle your waste.

2. Buy locally produced goods and services. Goods and services that are produced locally eliminate thousands of pounds of carbon by reducing fossil fuel transportation demands.

3. Bring your own mug to your favorite coffee shop. This will reduce the usage of the paper cups, the energy used to produce them and save trees. Paper cups are usually not 100% recycled.

4. Only use your dryer, dishwasher and washing machine when you have a full load, don’t do half loads. This reduces the number of loads and the electricity used.

5. Buy in season produce. Out of season requires more energy to refrigerate, and more fuel to ship in from places where it is in season.

6. Use passive solar heating to capture heat in your home by opening the curtains during the day and closing them at dusk. In summer, close your curtains during the heat of the day. Besides carbon, you’ll save 25-75% on your heating and cooling bill.

7. Turn off the tap while brushing your teeth.

8. Plant a tree – this is one of the best things you can do. Trees breathe in carbon dioxide and breathe out oxygen. They also shade your house in the summer, and will lower your air conditioning. If you own a Solar Powered Home, Don’t plant the tree East, South or West of your home, only North. The Shade from the Tree will STOP the Solar Panels from operating.

9. Whenever possible walk, cycle or use public transport to get around rather than driving in your car.

10. Use reusable bags for grocery shopping.

Compare to Above IR photo Cold house heat not leaking. The ceiling /roof line depict heat location within this house. (inside temp >78) degrees

Rarely, do you get to see energy efficient in visual form like this pictures depict.

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I presented our “Off Grid” Home to the KOA Convention Nov 8, 2011 first, then setting up events for Community Owners to attract home buyers or Renters to their manufactured home community.

This home will appear in an upcoming episode of “How It Is Made” on the Discovery Channel

This home appeared on Nov 8, 2011 on the Las Vegas, NV Channel 5 FOX news.

Here is the Link:

Click on above link above and read how the homeowners love their home

We showcased our energy efficient senior home with a Nissan “Leaf” EV car. The future of low cost senior housing with no cost transportation is an attractive alternative for many baby boomers.

Watch this Video:

2011 Ojai Valley Green Tour Home Participant

Click this link to visit the Ojai Valley Green Coalition Green Home Tour

http://www.ojaivalleygreentour.com/sites.htm

Here are photos of the So Lake Tahoe, Ca home located 6200 feet elevation above sea level in a community known for its very harsh alpine

climate.

This home has a red metal roof to slough off snow drifts during the winter (without homeowner labor), rare in manufactured homes. This home has one Solar tube (centrally located) to capture the daylight and in the evening a 26 watt CFL light bulb which creates (3700 lumen) 400% + greater than a 100 WATT incandescent light bulb. This home has a furnace rated >92% efficiency by “Energy Star” to heat the home. This home has “Beyond Insulation layered in the ceiling drywall to capture the heat from the furnace, prevent its escape and redirect that same heat back into the living areas of the home. The attic is a “Conditionally Sealed” and completely packed with Cellulose to R-42 insulation factor and have Radiant Barrier above as the roof’s sheathing . We insulated with R44 fiberglass and laid our cold and hot water pipes into the floor area to prevent freezing.    The Air Exchanger installed removes stale indoor air and replaces it with fresh, reheated, clean air from outdoors. This technically advanced, controlled mechanical ventilation system not only provides an economical solution for excessive indoor humidity, odors, stuffiness and other indoor air pollutants, it also helps reduce heating and/or cooling costs for today’s highly insulated homes. We understand Tahoe residents in some winter weeks are trapped in their home for days from the passing blizzards awaiting the roads to open. Disclaimer: I have not listed all of the other energy efficient items in this home.

We have received several calls on its attractive appeal.

This week July 22/2011, our Ojai “Santa Fe” model built custom for a homeowner in Nov 2010 has applied, has been approved and has passed its  3rd Party HERS rater inspection and testing for the So Cal Edison (SCE) “Ca Advanced Home” program. This Ojai home was built for the home owner as an Affordable Solar Powered home, Energy Star Certified, and made to be specific to energy efficient construction to be accepted into this SCE program. Modular Lifestyles Inc. is honored to pass this stringent certification offered by SCE.

HERS Rated 7/2011