Yes, well when it comes to this contest flogging a dead horse is my speciality. I'm actually very glad its almost over and I can refrain from badgering everybody I know...

This is is Sketchuppers - Today is the last day of voting - closes in roughly 6 hours at 5pm EST. Give your fellow Sketchup users some support by jumping over and voting for our entries:

Cheffy:
http://www.freegreen.com/whosnext/view/plan-general.aspx?id=43

Greg:
http://www.freegreen.com/whosnext/view/plan-general.aspx?id=27

If I win, and we meet some day, then I would be honored to share a pint with you on me!

Come on Folks - its friday, your day may be winding down, you are reading the messageboards, maybe wasting some time on YouTube? Instead - why not jump over to the contest and place a vote for Cheffy and me. Here are the links:

Cheffy:
http://www.freegreen.com/whosnext/view/plan-general.aspx?id=43

Greg:
http://www.freegreen.com/whosnext/view/plan-general.aspx?id=27

It will only take you a minute and you will make two very happy architects.

Thank you Cheffy and Mike! But I have to protest - this is Cheffy's thread and you both are mucking it up!

I appreciate the vote - things have slowed down a bit there and if we could gain 30 or 40 votes Chefy and I could both punch up in the ratings a good bit - so let fly with the mother of all voting!

Ross - we've lost touch. Has this house gone ahead? I'd love to see photos.

@mike lucey said:

I also noticed this,

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Greg La Vardera: This is a great scheme - I love the play between the two volumes of rooms. And this is something plausible for a middle class home owner to afford. This should have more votes than it does.]

Yup - thanks Mike. I've also entered the competition, but I'm voting for my favorites including Cheffy's. I also had wind generators featured prominently in my scheme although I just made them up - not based on any real product.

I've been bookmarking new small wind generators as I come across them. The Honeywell product is promising as described - the generator is at the rim rather than the hub, so gearing is eliminated. And the vertical axis type also seem simpler. There is a lot of innovation going on with small wind generators. Its fascinating. Some links:

vertical axis:
http://urbangreenenergy.com/turbine.php?id=14
http://www.oregonwind.com/

Non bladed - less blade tip noise:
http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/09/03/energy-ball-by-home-energy/
http://swiftwindturbine.com/?r=1
http://www.jetsongreen.com/2009/12/honeywell-wind-turbine-coming-soon.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+jetson_green+%28Jetson+Green%29

this one is interesting - vertical or horizontal, and you can build arrays:
http://www.aerotecture.com/products.html

Ahh - thank you for the link. But yet another SU messageboard...

Susan, thank you - I've not had much time to spend on the messageboard, the one that is gone that is. I'm afraid I'll not have much time here either, but I do want to watch this thread as Ross works through the project.

I have to say its a really interesting and compelling for me to see the variation introduced to the house by another designer. I see Ross's design and he's really got a grasp on the character of the house, and he's working the design themes and integrating them into the revised organization of the new version of the house. Fascinating!

I have to say that I'm completely confused about the Sketchup web forums. This one is Coen's, right? What happened to the @Last/Google messageboard? Where is that now?

Hey Ross - I just came across this post. It looks great. You've done a terrific job running with the design. I love the variations you've brought to the table here and I can't wait to see this one come together.