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	<title>Oyster Works &#124; Charlestown Package Store &#187; Green Design</title>
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	<description>Design and Construction of the Charlestown Package Store</description>
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		<title>Under the Floor (Geothermal Heating and Cooling)</title>
		<link>http://charlestownpackagestore.oysterworks.net/2010/08/27/under-the-floor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:38:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AB</dc:creator>
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Yesterday we poured the cement slab in the retail area of the store.   After installing the drywall we will strap the floor with 2&#215;4 sleepers, cover the sleepers with 11/8&#8243; Warmboard, install radiant heat, and then a wood floor. But first, before we poured the slab, we had to put in all the pipes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SIDING (NU-CEDAR); DENITRIFICATION SYSTEM</title>
		<link>http://charlestownpackagestore.oysterworks.net/2010/08/12/siding-nu-cedar-denitrification-system/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:41:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AB</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Eagle Windows]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are very excited to be among the first projects in RI to use Nu-Cedar Siding.   Made of recycled PVC Nu-Cedar is beautiful, well engineered, and maintenance free.  We are using three different siding profiles &#8211; a panel system (pictured below), board and batten, and traditional clapboards.  Special thanks to Tim, Breck, Ezra, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snapshots &#8211; Friday July 16</title>
		<link>http://charlestownpackagestore.oysterworks.net/2010/07/16/snapshots-friday-july-16/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:26:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AB</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Geothermal Heating and Cooling]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Morrone Excavation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[TPO Roofing]]></category>

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		<title>Up on the Roof</title>
		<link>http://charlestownpackagestore.oysterworks.net/2010/07/01/up-on-the-roof/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 18:39:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AB</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Climate-Block]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy Efficiency]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Oyster Works]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://charlestownpackagestore.oysterworks.net/?p=1196</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The project is about to turn the corner as we finish setting the last of the Climate-Block panels.  But first we have to construct the tower and stairwell that will serve the mezzanine areas. Tricky angles, tough cuts, and a fair amount of head scratching, but we got it right.
We constantlly make adjustments in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WINE? BEER? GET IT HERE!</title>
		<link>http://charlestownpackagestore.oysterworks.net/2010/06/15/wine-beer-get-it-here/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:25:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AB</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Design]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Interior Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oyster Works]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While work continues outside &#8211; we have finished the three geothermal wells and are installing the last of the Climate-Block panels &#8211; we are finalizing the interior design. We are very fortunate to have Kerianne Garston, a Senior in the Interior Design Department at Pratt Institute, working with us as a summer intern.

Kerianne has been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>COLD BEER, WARM TOES, DEEP WELLS (Geothermal)</title>
		<link>http://charlestownpackagestore.oysterworks.net/2010/06/04/cold-beer-warm-toes-deep-wells/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 18:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AB</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Geothermal Heating and Cooling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Site Work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AlaresLLC]]></category>
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The Charlestown Package Store will be heated and cooled by a geothermal system drawing water from three 450 foot deep wells.   Today we began drilling the first of the wells.
The first phase, until we hit bedrock at about 125 feet, involves digging the hole and keeping the hole open with drilling mud.   Once [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lighting</title>
		<link>http://charlestownpackagestore.oysterworks.net/2010/05/27/lighting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 20:20:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AB</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Century Electirc]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lighting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Post and Beam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Century Electric]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evelyn Audet Lighting]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Timber Frame]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://charlestownpackagestore.oysterworks.net/?p=1046</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The New Charlestown Package Store will be beautiful and green &#8211;  with a dramatic interior framed by Douglas Fir timbers, a highly efficient envelope built out of Climate-Block panels, a geothermal heating-cooling-dehumidification system, and very cool lighting.
Dramatic and cool, YES.  Easy to run electric wires, NO!  All of the wires are run in either the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wine Storage Floor &amp; Panels</title>
		<link>http://charlestownpackagestore.oysterworks.net/2010/05/24/wine-storage-floor-panels/</link>
		<comments>http://charlestownpackagestore.oysterworks.net/2010/05/24/wine-storage-floor-panels/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 18:15:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AB</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate-Block]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coastal Engineering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Delta H]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Structural Engineering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ca-Gin Concrete]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ernie George]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://charlestownpackagestore.oysterworks.net/?p=979</guid>
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The entire building will be slab on grade with the exception of the wine storage room which has a full basement that will house the geothermal and electrical equipment.   The wine storage room will hold up to 900 cases of wine and the floor system had to be designed to carry all the weight. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Morning at the Site</title>
		<link>http://charlestownpackagestore.oysterworks.net/2010/05/11/morning-at-the-site/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 15:13:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AB</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Climate-Block]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Delta H]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy Efficiency]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lighting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Structural Insulated Panels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Timber Frame]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ca-Gin Concrete]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Oyster Works]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning we are working from the top to the bottom and pretty much everywhere in between.  In the big picture below the first of the upper roof panels is being set into place while the concrete truck pours the basement slab.

Meanwhile, on the lower part of the roof we are running the electrical wires [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SETTING ROOF PANELS</title>
		<link>http://charlestownpackagestore.oysterworks.net/2010/04/30/setting-roof-panels/</link>
		<comments>http://charlestownpackagestore.oysterworks.net/2010/04/30/setting-roof-panels/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:58:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AB</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Green Design]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a quick history of the project scroll down to go back through Older Entries.
The new store is located at 4625 Old Post Road (right next to the existing store).

Earlier today we set the first of the Climate-Block roof panels.  The roof panels are more than 11&#8243; thick, with 10&#8243; of expanded polystrene (EPS) insulation [...]]]></description>
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