 A hotel designed for Passivhaus performance is being developed in Oroville, Washington, using prefab containerized components Green-building advocates are paying attention to the Green Built Hotel planned for Oroville, an agricultural community in north central Washington. The hotel is unusual not just because its prefabricated panels will be shipped in containers to its destination at the south end of town and then assembled in fairly short order. The building is being designed to perform to the Passivhaus standard, which would make it one of the first Passivhaus hotels in the country. The project will use components from prefabricated-housing producer bôd Structures. Known until very recently as American Container Homes, bôd Structures aims to build good quality houses more quickly and for less cost than is typically possible using standard construction techniques. The company’s product line includes single-family and multifamily structures; small commercial buildings such as classrooms, clinics, and hotels; and dormitory-like buildings for emergency use. Continue reading click Here Add Comment  Oroville, Washington is rapidly emerging onto the sustainable green energy global platform. The town has put out the welcome mat for green businesses, with plans that include the first hotel built with Passive House standards. The majority of Passive structures have been built in Germany and Scandinavia, which incorporates tightly sealed, energy efficient construction. Accommodations in the small town near the Canadian border are scarce and currently include a bed and breakfast, a city-owned camp ground, and some lodges outside the city limits. As new businesses move into the area, more hotel space will be needed for tourists, visitors, and potential employees. Continue Reading: Sustainable Oroville to build first U.S Passive green energy hotel American Container Home is bôd Structures 11/16/2010
 Along with American Container Homes new name - bôd Structures, comes a new and improved look and business expansion. As the global housing demand grows, bôd Structures is the ideal product for international markets as the product easily and efficiently transports due to our patented DOMO Technology™. The company has set up showrooms in Mexico and distribution in Canada with new requests coming in regularly. In order to meet the international demands, bôd wanted their name and image to reflect the modern and advanced technology they are supplying. bôd Structures is still very much an American company with domestic pre-built and site-built products. They are also generating green jobs with a growing workforce and national export products. To learn more about bôd Structure please visit their website at www.bodstructures.com  The small town of Oroville, Washington, in Okanogan County near the Canadian border, has put out the welcome mat for green businesses.
However, the town is in need of more hotel rooms, since there is only one small motel in the center of town. Other overnight accomodations are the city-owned camp ground, a bed and breakfast, and a few lodges located in the nearby hills. As new businesses move into the area, more hotel space will be needed for tourists, visitors, and potential employees as temporary lodging. Businessmen Steve Morberg and Ryan Skinner have been working on the solution: a green hotel. “My next goal as chamber president would be to see more places for people to stay. We lack accommodations, although word is getting around the Camaray in Oroville is trying to make headway in doing some sprucing up. Let’s hope that’s really their plan. Eden Valley Guest Ranch and the Molson Inn offer places to stay as does Veranda Beach Resort and there is always camping at Oroville’s Veteran’s Memorial Park and River Oaks, but we still need more hotel/motel beds in Oroville. In Tonasket they have two motels and Omak and Okanogan have several. With luck and some community support Steve Morberg’s plans to build a hotel in Oroville will come to fruition (see www.sustainableoroville.com) and the Oroville Chamber of Commerce supports all efforts to bring a quality hotel to the area."  Gary A. DeVon President - Oroville Chamber of Commerce Managing Editor - Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune By Gary A. DeVon Managing Editor Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune OROVILLE --- A group of people with diverse ideas is focusing their efforts in several areas in Oroville, including building a new hotel. Some of their plans can be seen on the Web site www.sustainableoroville.com.
While Oroville’s Chamber of Commerce regroups, folks from both sides of the mountains, have started the Web site which plays up the town’s tourism, underutilized heavy haul corridor and railway link. They find Oroville the perfect place for sustainable solutions that will bring jobs and business opportunities. From the home page of the Web site, ‘‘The City of Oroville is creating sustainable solutions on their own despite the economic challenges facing the State of Washington. The city is utilizing existing infrastructure to attract green industry and development that will increase jobs, tourism, affordable renewable energy and revenue for area farmers for a sustainable future.’’ |
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