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News & Events
Upcoming Events March 2010: I RAD emergency shelter demonstration at US/UN Donor Conference in New York. Contact us for more information
February 2010 Icology Group receives pledges to send container of I RAD Rapid Assembly Dwellings to Haiti. January 2010 Affordable Solutions for Haiti - Proposal for Haitian Disaster Relief & Rebuilding please contact us for more information. August 2009 2nd I Home 401 built in under 12 hours On Sunday 23rd August, with the wonderful team from YWAM Homes of Hope Program a team of volunteers completed our second I Home build in Rosarito, Mexico. In under 12 working hours we went from cement pad to a fully constructed, painted and weatherized home. Volunteers included Ernesto (Papa) and Aniceta (Mama) and all of their 5 children. You could feel their pride and excitement as the house - their new home - began to take shape on Saturday morning. Sunday lunch was actually served from the families new dining area and they began to move in on Sunday evening. What a fantastic outcome that would not have been accomplished without our growing family of "Icology Enthusiasts".
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EcoReality hosts the launch of I RAD 101 Emergency Shelter For the past few years, the Earth Festival Society has spearheaded a tour of “eco-homes" on Salt Spring Island in British Columbia, Canada showcasing the best examples of green building, energy efficiency, and water conservation. As one of a number of shelters and small homes featured at the EcoReality tour stop on August 16th the I RAD 101 Rapid Assembly Dwelling was greeted with great interest by local residents, excited to see a do-it-yourself flat-pack kit that can be assembled in just a few hours to create an 8' x 12' living space, shelter or workshop that is also very affordable.
To visit the I RAD demonstration unit, purchase your I RAD 101 kit or discuss your emergency preparedness and disaster recovery needs contact us. July 2009 Icology Group launches the I Fund and I Build partnership programs Working to connect affordable housing stakeholders, Icology Group has created an I Fund™ partnership program for individuals, community groups, churches, schools etc to get involved with fund raising on behalf of I Build™ partners such as Youth With a Mission, Habitat for Humanity and Fuller Center for Housing San Diego. For more information or to become an I Fund or I Build Partner contact us. June 2009 “Indian Voices” magazine features I WOOD as a solution to affordable housing for American Indians and First Nations. See page 4 of Indian Voices Magazine, June 2009 edition May 2009
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It arrived on a trailer and after 3 hours, the house frame was beginning to take shape. The I Home 401 built at the show is now in Mexico and with the support of the Youth With A Mission - Homes of Hope program and volunteers from St James Episcopal Church of La Jolla, it will be rebuilt the weekend of April 26 as a permanent home for a very low income family in Tijuana. On April 19, 2009, San Diego’s Earth Fair 2009 in Balboa Park will showcase environmentally-friendly houses that can be built in just a few hours. Icology Group’s houses are extremely affordable at less than $10,000 per 400 square foot structure, are environmentally beneficial, and are expected to have a huge social impact by providing disaster victims and impoverished communities access to quality, affordable and ecologically sound housing. more ... January 2009
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June 2007 BluWood Coats IWOOD™ to Create Bug-Proof, 400 SF ‘Green’ Kit Home Frame in Two Hours Automated Builder magazine article SAN DIEGO, CA—When you coat super-environmentally-friendly I-Wood with the hi-tech treatment called BluWood on Earth Day you’re bound to end up with a structure which is more ‘politically-correct green’ than the grass itself. It all took place in San Diego in April on Earth Day when inventor Chris Scott and six unskilled workers manning only battery-powered screwdrivers put together an I-Wood frame for a 400 sq. ft. house in two hours flat. April 2007 See the story from Channel 10 Six Un-trained Volunteers Framed a Complete House In 2 Hours Six untrained volunteers built a 400 sq. ft. house in two hours for San Diego's Earth Day celebration, April 22, 2007. The structure, one of Profile Lumber's kit houses, was put together by volunteers from Saint James Episcopal Church, La Jolla California and Habitat for Humanity as a demonstration for sustainable building using only battery powered drills. Although organizer Chris Scott had a whole selection of tools available, "we used nothing but the drills," he said, "except in one instance where we needed a hammer to remove a bolt." |
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