We have been very busy the last three month of this year. Our "Glenn Retreat" project (See the picture above) is now complete and the final LEED for Homes certification paperwork is nearing completion this will be a LEED for Homes "Platinum" Project. Our projected LEED for Homes "Gold " "Turtle Lake" (Beulah, Mi.) project (Possibly a "Platinum" project now) and projected our LEED for Homes "Platinum" "River Escape" (Stanwood, Mi.) projects are under full construction along with our "Honey Prairie" (Dexter, Mi.) project and "Joyfield Ridge"(Benzonia, Mi.) project. We also have several projects under design in Ada, Caledonia, Cascade, Glenn, Ionia and Niles
Monday, December 20, 2010
1:45 PM
Image Designs, LLC
We have been very busy the last three month of this year. Our "Glenn Retreat" project (See the picture above) is now complete and the final LEED for Homes certification paperwork is nearing completion this will be a LEED for Homes "Platinum" Project. Our projected LEED for Homes "Gold " "Turtle Lake" (Beulah, Mi.) project (Possibly a "Platinum" project now) and projected our LEED for Homes "Platinum" "River Escape" (Stanwood, Mi.) projects are under full construction along with our "Honey Prairie" (Dexter, Mi.) project and "Joyfield Ridge"(Benzonia, Mi.) project. We also have several projects under design in Ada, Caledonia, Cascade, Glenn, Ionia and Niles
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
7:21 AM
Image Designs, LLC
A affordable Near Zero Energy, projected LEED for Homes "Platinum" project called the "Genesis Project" designed by Image Design is now under construction in Grand Rapids and will be built by Students from Grand Rapids Public Schools Academy of Design & Construction and Habitat for Humanity of Kent County. This home is a Passive Solar home and will have concrete floors and a trombe wall for Thermal Mass. The homes foundation will be constructed with a Insulated Concrete Forms (ICF) from Logix , installed by our friends from R-Value Conctrete Structures, LLC and the rest of the home will be Advanced Framed @ 24" O.C. with 2" of Dow foam to stop the studs from Thermal Bridging. The roof will be R-Control SIP panels from TEAM Industries with Energy Star Landmark Solaris roof shingles that reflect the sun from CertainTeed. The home will have Solar Hot Water panels tied into to a Radiant Heating system and it will be pre-wired for future Photovoltaic panels (Unless some solar company out there would like to donate some panel to this project!!!!). The Genesis Home plan is the most energy efficient design that Habitat for Humanity of Kent county has ever built and offers a tremendous opportunity for students to learn cutting-edge green building and Design techniques. Come visit this home on the 2011 Spring Parade of Homes.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
7:04 AM
Image Designs, LLC
Our projected LEED for Homes "Gold" "Turtle Lake Project" is now under construction in Beulah, Michigan. The home is being built by Joel Harner of Let Us, Inc and the ICF foundation is being constructed by Adam Eerdmans of Turtle Wall (Good company name for our project). This home will be a Passive Solar home with Photovoltaic and Geo-Thermal heating and cooling. The home will be constructed with a ICF Foundation and Advance Framing with 1" of Dow Foam for the main floor. The exterior will be Fiber Cement Siding with a Metal Roof and Andersen Windows.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
5:31 PM
Image Designs, LLC
Please help us welcome Ching C. Van, LEED AP to Image Design, LLC. He is a graduate from Lawrence Technological University (LTU) with a Bachelor's Degree in Architecture and is currently pursuing his Masters Degree. He will be helping us in multiple way from Drafting and Marketing to LEED Consulting. We are excited to have him working with us so next time your in of office please welcome him to our firm.
Monday, July 19, 2010
12:42 PM
Image Designs, LLC
We are proud and excited to be the designer of the Habitat for Humanity of Kent County projected LEED for Homes "Platinum" Net-Zero Energy Homes in Wealthy Heights. This will be Michigan's first Net-zero Energy Habitat home and it will be built as part of the Wealthy Heights Partnership Project. Construction could begin as soon as September or as late as March 2011 depending on the entire neighbor hood improvement plans approval by various authorities. Besides being a projected LEED for Home "Platinum" project the project has goals of reaching Green Built Michigan "Gold" certification, 5+ Energy Star certification, HERs Score of 0, Zero-Step certification, EPA WaterSense Partner and EPA Indoor AirPlus Partner. This home will have Photovoltaic's and Solar Hots Water System combined with Radiant Floor Heat to help it achieve it's Net-Zero Energy. The home will use several construction methods such as Frost Protected Shallow Foundation for a portion of the House, ICF Construction for the Basement, Advanced Framing for the Walls and SIP panel Construction for the Roof.
Monday, June 14, 2010
9:38 AM
Image Designs, LLC
Just helped Habitat for Humanity of Kent County completed a LEED for Homes "Gold" Gut Re-Hab project. It was just 5 points shy of score "Platinum"certification. Please visit the Hovey Project's I would like to thank our friends at Generations Timber Frames donate the awesome Timber framed front porch (Made from recycled telephone poles) that you see in the picture above. and our friends at Apex Landscape Donated the Landscaping along with our friends at Let Us, Inc. for donating the custom wood shutters.
Monday, May 10, 2010
10:03 AM
Image Designs, LLC
I am honored to have been ask to be a judge of EcoHome Magazines inaugural EcoHome Design Awards, honoring the best sustainable homes for innovative design, green building features, environmental performance, and integration with their sites and communities in the nation. I will be flying to Washington D.C. for the judging in a week and a half and I am really excited about the opportunity to be one of the judges for such a prestigious award from one of my favorite magazines. We will be helping to judge in all of these categories.1. Production, less than 2,000 square feet
2. Production, 2,000 to 4,000 square feet
3. Production, more than 4,000 square feet
4. Custom*, less than 2,000 square feet
5. Custom*, 2,000 to 4,000 square feet
6. Custom*, more than 4,000 square feet
7. Remodeling, whole-house
8. Remodeling, green addition
9. Multifamily
10. Affordable Housing
2. Production, 2,000 to 4,000 square feet
3. Production, more than 4,000 square feet
4. Custom*, less than 2,000 square feet
5. Custom*, 2,000 to 4,000 square feet
6. Custom*, more than 4,000 square feet
7. Remodeling, whole-house
8. Remodeling, green addition
9. Multifamily
10. Affordable Housing
Thursday, May 06, 2010
7:12 AM
Image Designs, LLC
If you get a chance please visit us at our booth at the GS4 Greenfest in Traverse City this Saturday. Our booth will be in the Con Foster Building and we will also be speaking on designing Grand Traverse Counties First LEED Certified Home at 12:00pm in the same building. This will be the place to connect with people, ideas, information, products and services related to green building. Get great ideas from green professionals, discover how to reduce your utility bills, learn about green products and services, and explore green initiatives that the Traverse City area has to offer.
6:46 AM
Image Designs, LLC
It's official we just received LEED for Homes "Platinum" Certification for the "Vineyard" project in Paw Paw, Michigan. This is the Highest highest honor you can receive from the USGBC and the third time we have achieved this honor. We want to thank the member of the Vineyard project team for project well done. Thanks goes out to Image Design LLC, Hybrid Home LLC, Andersen Window Corporation, BuildBlock, R-Value Concrete Structures, Bauer Power, and AES (Alliance for Environmental Sustainability) for awesome job! We would also like to thank the Homeowner for allowing us all to be apart of the special project!
Wednesday, May 05, 2010
9:33 AM
Image Designs, LLC
We made a site visit to the Projected LEED for Homes "Platinum" Glenn Retreat Project this week and things are coming along great. We are very impressed with the construction progress and attention to detail on this project. Thumbs up goes out to Doug and Jeff from Lake Homes Builder's for all their hard work on their first LEED for Homes project. Note: you can see how the passive solar is working on this project, see the overhangs and the passive solar awning's shading the project's windows from the summer sun.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
6:18 AM
Image Designs, LLC
To help celebrate Earth Day on Wednesday April 22nd Image Design, LLC will be taking $500.00 off our design fee for any new design projects that we are hired for between April 18th and April 24th 2010. We hope that you all enjoy the different Earth Day events through-out the next week."YOU MUST BE THE CHANGE YOU WISH TO SEE IN THE WORLD." - Mahatma Ghandi
Monday, March 08, 2010
7:10 AM
Image Designs, LLC
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It's official we just received LEED for Homes "Gold" Certification for the "Granite Hill" project in Kingsley, Michigan. This is the second highest honor you can receive from the USGBC. To our knowledge this is the first LEED certified home in Grand Traverse county. Congratulation goes out to Frontier Construction this is their first LEED for Homes project they have completed, hopefully we can help them with many more. We want to thank the member of the Granite Hill project team for project well done. Thanks goes out to Frontier Construction LLC, Image Design LLC, Andersen Window Corporation, BuildBlock, Brown Lumber, Odem Re-use Co. and Sustainable Environmental Services for awesome job! We would also like to thank the Homeowner for allowing us all to be apart of the special project!
Friday, February 26, 2010
7:23 AM
Image Designs, LLC
Today we found out the "Granite Hill" in Kingsley , Michigan won two national awards from the ICFA (Insulating Concrete Form Association). The 2009 ICFA Excellence Award is the premier industry recognition for the most innovative and noteworthy ICF projects of the year. We are proud that BuildBlock our ICF supplier believed in our project so much that they entered us it these prestigious awards. Buildblock sweep the awards with there projects. We are proud to have won the following two awards.ICFA Small Residential Project Gold Award: Is awarded to the nations top ICF residential project less than 3,000 square feet.
ICFA Sustainability Project Bronze Award: Is awarded to the nations top
Residential or Commercial ICF project which maximizes the energy
performance and minimizes the environmental footprint of a building.
Congratulation to the Homeowners and Frontier Construction (Builder), Dave Russell of Wall Tech Products, LLC (Distributor), ourselves Image Design, LLC (Designer) and BuildBlock (Supplier) for winning these prestigious awards. Also a big thank goes out to all the behind the seen people who worked on this project, we could not of done it without all of you.
7:00 AM
Image Designs, LLC
Today we found out the "Vineyard Project" in Paw Paw , Michigan won two national awards from the ICFA (Insulating Concrete Form Association). The 2009 ICFA Excellence Award is the premier industry recognition for the most innovative and noteworthy ICF projects of the year. We are proud that BuildBlock our ICF supplier believed in our project so much that they entered us it these prestigious awards. Buildblock sweep the awards with there projects. We are proud to have won the following two awards.ICFA Large Residential Project Gold Award: Is awarded to the nations top ICF residential project over 3,000 square feet.
ICFA Sustainability Project Silver Award: Is awarded to the nations top
Residential or Commercial ICF project which maximizes the energy
performance and minimizes the environmental footprint of a building.
Congratulation to the Homeowners and "Team Hybrid" members Adam Bearup of Hybrid Homes, LLC (Builder), Dave Russell of Wall Tech Products, LLC (Distributor), ourselves Image Design, LLC (Designer), R-Value Concrete Structures (Installer) and BuildBlock (Supplier) for winning these prestigious awards. Also a big thank goes out to all the behind the seen people who worked on this project, we could not of done it without all of you.
Thursday, February 04, 2010
5:46 AM
Image Designs, LLC
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