I haven't had a chance to post lately, heres where the cabin is at.

I am in the middle of writting mid terms and so I haven't been doing much on the cabin. Here's where it's at though. The roof is on, I got the roofing at RONA for half price, and had my father in law help me get the roof on. The cabin is fully insulated and all the windows are in. I may have to move my earth tube inlets since it is probably where my woodstove is going. My inlaws found me a beautiful old wood stove, and fixed the seals. I'm hoping to get it installed next week. Once that is done, I want to figure out what to do for the interior. I'm going to put in slate tiles for a good portion for the passive heat their mass will collect. I'll probably put in laminate floor through the rest of the cabin. My layout will be a little different than I had designed since I have to put the wood stove in a different spot than I had imagined (due to the trees on the East side). Here are some photos.

Passed my Green Associate exam yesterday!

I wrote my green associate exam yesterday in Vancouver and passed. So now I have a proffesional accreditation as a LEED tm Green Associate.

I spent Saturday up at the cabin.

I had a nice afternoon up at the cabin. My In-laws found a beatiful old wood heater for my cabin, I didn't get a picture of it yet but will post it as soon as I do. It is a vintage beautiful piece that will look very nice in the corner. They also gave me a table and some chairs. Now the cabin is beginning to look and feel like a cozy place to hang out. I will be spending some time up there this week to do some studying. Here is a picture of the inside and outside.

I changed the positioning of the fan.

I almost forgot to mention, I put the fan outside of the cabin. The air flow from the fan, which is 80 CFM is too high when it is inside the cabin. Therefore I put the fan housing outside and below the main entry into the cabin. This will allow the air to enter the building more gradually and be far more comfortable for the building occupants.

THe cabin is just about closed.

Here are some updated photos of the cabin. I am just about to lock up. I put in the door and the ceiling joists. The walls are pretty well insulated except for one gable. Once that is done, I will be putting up my vapour barriers and will decide what to do for my interior finishing. I am pondering using boards from used pallets since it would be free. It would be nice looking, but very labour intensive. It has been unbelievably hot at the cabin the last week or so. I had high reading of 38 degrees celcius at the tube intake. The data logger is in the shade. The cabin gave me slighly lower readings, but that logger is in a shady spot. The tubes continue to work well, but I can only get 24-32 hours of run time before the battery runs down. I think some sort of timer would be good so It would only run during the peak cool or warm periods. Anyways here are the new photos.

Full moon last night!

I spent the night at the cabin last night so I could get some work done. The night was crystal clear with nary a cloud in the sky. The moon was bright and full. Here are a couple shots.

Heading up to the cabin tonight!

I'll be heading up to the cabin tonightto get my building envellope finished. Hopefully, the battery lasted for the last few days so I can get good data for my report. I will be posting part 4  and 5 of the photo recap in the near future. I hope everyone has a great weekend after the first week of school. Two more semesters to go.