NowHouse Demo Home Showcases Latest Advancements in Today's Environmentally Friendly Homebuilding.SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- Open to the Public in the Parking Lot of San Francisco's SBC (1) (SBC Communications Inc., San Antonio, TX, www.sbc.com) A large, national telecommunications company that grew from a multitude of local and regional companies, including Southwestern Bell, Pacific Bell and Nevada Bell, into a single, unified brand by 2002. Park Through December 2004, Structure Features Latest in Cutting-Edge Technology and Home Furnishings Courtesy of CNET (body) CNET - Centre national d'Etudes des Telecommunications. The French national telecommunications research centre at Lannion. and Della Robbia Della Robbia (dĕl'ə rŏb`ēə, Ital. dĕl`lä rôb`byä), Florentine family of sculptors and ceramists famous for their enameled terra-cotta or faience. The Affordable Green Development Corporation, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting positive efficient home building knowledge and resources in the community, today announced its presentation of the NowHouse by Clever Homes, featuring CNET Digital Living (www.cnet.com). The NowHouse, a fully functional demonstration home currently erected in the parking lot of SBC Park, represents one of the most environmentally friendly and technically advanced homes ever made and available for anyone to purchase. The home, which kicks off with a ribbon cutting ceremony A ribbon cutting ceremony is a public ceremony conducted to inaugurate the opening to the general public of a new building or business. Often, it is conducted in just the manner the name suggests: by tying a ceremonial ribbon across the main entrance of the building, which on October 29, 2004, at 11 a.m., will be open to the public through December 20, from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday to Saturday, other times by appointment. The stylish modern, high-tech home features an intelligent digital network, extensive security monitoring, as well as parts, appliances, and accessories that are available NOW for anyone. "The NowHouse was conceived to give consumers and builders alike a fully-functional example of the advances that have taken place in home construction," said Scott Redmond, project director. "This innovative structure was built using a proprietary panelized pan·el·ized adj. Consisting of or characterized by prefabricated wall, floor, and roof sections that are shipped to and assembled at the building site: panelized housing. construction system featuring patent-pending technologies, construction tools, and processes which are ready to build as of today at a fraction of the cost and time of traditional home building." The NowHouse project brings together best-of-breed architects, engineers and agencies to assemble a structure that will feature state-of-the-art products, technologies and systems for builders and the public to view. Lead sponsors of the NowHouse include: Clever Homes LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , CNET, Della Robbia, Ecotimber, Kitchenaid, Mscape, Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing, Premier Building Systems and Whirlpool. For more information about NowHouse, including a list of features, please visit www.nowhouse.org. About Clever Homes LLC Clever Homes LLC (http://www.cleverhomes.net) is a multidisciplinary home design and construction systems company with headquarters in San Francisco. The company promotes and develops proprietary building systems that integrate existing technologies while advancing and improving prefabricated pre·fab·ri·cate tr.v. pre·fab·ri·cat·ed, pre·fab·ri·cat·ing, pre·fab·ri·cates 1. To manufacture (a building or section of a building, for example) in advance, especially in standard sections that can be easily shipped and construction methods. From core building materials to finishes and fixtures, Clever Homes make the most of existing technology, powerful partnerships and their own patent pending engineering. |
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