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ENERGIZING THOUGHTS DAVID BOPP OLYMPIC AMBITIONS
BUILDING PERMITS
BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED IN KALISPELL AND WHITEFISH IN JULY
OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS we have celebrated the best ath- letes in the world and reveled in their triumphs and cried over their losses. The Olympics come and go every two years yet o er ideals that we could apply daily. What would our lives be like if we strived for the best – an Olympic level of performance, from our homes and businesses?
We spend 90 percent of our lives or more inside. The majority of this time is in our homes. We owe it to ourselves and to society to build the best that we can for now and future generations. Every home and business that is not built to gold medal standards is a poor legacy we leave our kids and grandkids that is rife with high costs and poor health con- ditions. Follow the ve gold medal goals listed below to achieve a gold medal home or business for yourself.
Gold Medal Indoor Air Quality:
We worry as a society about air quality in the outdoors. Reality is that the air quality is worse in your home most of the time. Yet we have no minimum stan- dards for quantifying indoor air quality. What we do have is the technology to provide high e ciency ltered outside air into our homes when and to where we need it. Why breathe poor air when it is completely avoidable? We should build gold medal ventilation into every home and business for the health of ourselves and our great-grandchildren.
Gold Medal Comfort: When we aren’t comfortable, we don’t like it and change something. The problem is that if we do not build comfort into a house or business from the start it is very costly to change. You have three options: run your heating/cooling system more, buy a more e cient, bigger or second heat- ing/cooling system and run it more, or spend a lot to upgrade windows, insula- tion, and air sealing. All three are a great deal more expensive than simply build- ing a high e ciency “shell” for the house or business to make it comfortable at an a ordable cost. Why settle for less than the gold standard for your comfort?
Gold Medal Heating and Cool- ing: The majority of new homes and businesses rely upon technology that has been around for a century for their heating. No one commutes by horse and buggy anymore. Why do we insist on heating our homes with toasters (elec- tric furnaces, baseboards, and boilers), open combustion gas furnaces and water heaters, or highly ine cient wood/pel- let stoves? There are better options and
once you reach the gold standard for the other parts of your house or business it is possible to reach this gold standard for about the same cost as your ine cient toaster. Step up to the podium and grab the gold.
Gold Medal Components: Now that you have a gold medal house that will o er you unparalleled comfort and health why would you out t it with items that reduce the performance? High-e - ciency water heaters, lights, appliances, and controls: these pieces provide the nal level of e ciency and control to make sure your gold medal investment performs as planned, designed, and built.
Gold Medal Water Protection:
What good is it to achieve gold in all the other categories and nd your new or remodeled home or business rotting away under you? A home or business needs a solid building-science based plan and implementation for han- dling the water from the outside (rain, snow, sprinklers, etc.) and water from the inside (the humidity from living or working in a building). Once again, easy to build in but hard and expensive to x afterwards. Who is evaluating your builder’s water plan?
These are the gold standards for a new home or business or remodeling an older one. Just like the Olympic rings are interwoven, these standards when applied to a home are too and cannot be successful on their own. Five gold rings that interlock to make a uni ed whole. Changes to one will cause changes to another. If upgrades are performed cor- rectly they will amplify the other rings but if done without thought will dimin- ish them.
Reach for gold! Why settle for code minimums which don’t even get you to the Olympics much less on the podium? Over the span of a typical mortgage a gold medal home could actually cost you less than a code-built home. Will you reach for the gold? As this summer’s Olympics come to a close I am reminded to dream of what is possible – not be lim- ited by what is common.
What are your builder’s building -sci- ence credentials? How much continuing education does he or she engage in each year? Will your builder provide you with independent inspections to prove your home or business will meet gold medal level? Not sure where to start or who to talk with? Give your energy coaches at Flathead Electric a call. We’ll help you achieve gold!
KALISPELL
RECIPIENT: Kalispell Regional Healthcare; 310 Sunnyview Ln. CONTRACTOR: Automatic Fire FOR: Sprinkler
VALUE: $26,495
RECIPIENT: Owl Corporation; 234 E
Nicklaus Ave. CONTRACTOR: Recipient FOR: Townhouse
VALUE: $81,000
RECIPIENT: Owl Corporation; 274 E Nicklaus Ave.
CONTRACTOR: Recipient
FOR: Townhouse
VALUE: $81,000
RECIPIENT: TKG Spring Prairie
Dev.; 35 Treeline Rd. CONTRACTOR: R&O Construction FOR: Commercial
VALUE: $26,600
RECIPIENT: Marise Johnson; 1280 Burns Way
CONTRACTOR: Systems Northwest LLC
FOR: O ces VALUE: $13,604
RECIPIENT: Christina Granrud; 535 E California St.
CONTRACTOR: Tim Rogge Construction
FOR: Single-family residence VALUE: $300,000
RECIPIENT: KOS LLC; 180 Timberwolf Pkwy CONTRACTOR: Automatic Fire FOR: Commerical
VALUE: $45,055 RECIPIENT: Jim Paisley; 221
Parkway Dr.
CONTRACTOR: Chris Irlbeck Construction
FOR: O ces
VALUE: $80,000
RECIPIENT: David Bochman; 147 Heavens Peak
CONTRACTOR: Pickering Family Homes, Inc.
FOR: Single-family residence VALUE: $252,106
RECIPIENT: Ron Terry Construc- tion; 170 Battle Ridge Dr. CONTRACTOR: Recipient
FOR: Single-family residence VALUE: $140,800
RECIPIENT: Ron Terry Construc- tion; 490 Triple Creek Dr. CONTRACTOR: Recipient
FOR: Single-family residence VALUE: $104,700
RECIPIENT: Andrew and Patrice Young; 464 Northridge Dr. CONTRACTOR: Owner
FOR: Addition
VALUE: $20,000 RECIPIENT: Kalispell Regional
Healthcare; 310 Sunny View Ln. CONTRACTOR: Systems Northwest LLC
FOR: Hospital
VALUE: $35,053
RECIPIENT: Delmer Buller; 115 Battle Ridge Dr. CONTRACTOR: Bighorn Development
FOR: Single-family residene VALUE: $209,900
RECIPIENT: Bighorn Development; 135 Battle Ridge Dr. CONTRACTOR: Recipient
FOR: Single-family residence VALUE: $199,900
RECIPIENT: Bighorn Development; 235 Westland Dr.
CONTRACTOR: Recipient
FOR: Single-family residence VALUE: $209,900
RECIPIENT: 431 1st Ave. LLC; 431 First Ave. W
CONTRACTOR: Advanced Roo ng FOR: O ces
VALUE: $37,950
RECIPIENT: Bryan Campbell; 228
Second Ave. E CONTRACTOR: Murphy’s Excavating
FOR: Remodel
VALUE: $2,500
RECIPIENT: Montana Chip Partnership; 51 N Meridian Rd. CONTRACTOR: Bob Taylor Construction
FOR: Mini storage VALUE: $90,100
RECIPIENT: Montana Chip Partnership; 51 N Meridian Rd. CONTRACTOR: Bob Taylor Construction
FOR: Mini storage VALUE: $95,400
RECIPIENT: Montana Chip Partnership; 51 N Meridian Rd. CONTRACTOR: Bob Taylor Construction
FOR: Mini storage VALUE: $51,675
RECIPIENT: Montana Chip Partnership; 51 N Meridian Rd. CONTRACTOR: Bob Taylor Construction
FOR: Mini storage VALUE: $50,350
RECIPIENT: Kalispell Regional Healthcare; 310 Sunny View Ln. CONTRACTOR: Swank Enterprises FOR: Remodel
VALUE: $13,500,000 RECIPIENT: Jobs Now Inc.; 44
Second Ave. W CONTRACTOR: Camas Creek Contracting
FOR: Remodel
VALUE: $25,000
RECIPIENT: Kalispell Regional Healthcare; 310 Sunny View Ln. CONTRACTOR: Swank Enterprises FOR: Remodel
VALUE: $7,000
RECIPIENT: G4 Windward Proper-
ties LLC; 245 Windward Way CONTRACTOR: Hammerquist Casalengo
FOR: Remodel
VALUE: $757,424.43
RECIPIENT: Kalispell Regional Healthcare; 310 Sunny View Ln. CONTRACTOR: Swank Enterprises FOR: Remodel
VALUE: $260,992
RECIPIENT: Marilee Wood; 19 Whitebark Ln.
CONTRACTOR: Joseph Lanegan FOR: Addition
VALUE: $5,500
RECIPIENT: TCC Investments LLC; 323 S Main St.
CONTRACTOR: Siegel Construction FOR: Remodel
VALUE: $50,000
RECIPIENT: Brian and Carissa Hober; 340 S Meridian Rd. CONTRACTOR: True Built Construction
FOR: Remodel VALUE: $2,605
RECIPIENT: Kalico LLC; 238 E Center St.
CONTRACTOR: Kramer Enterprises FOR: New building
VALUE: $400,000 RECIPIENT: David Hulford; 1135
Fifth Ave. W CONTRACTOR: Owner FOR: Addition
VALUE: $100,000
RECIPIENT: David and Melanie Lowitz; 302 Second St. W CONTRACTOR: Roof Works Inc. FOR: Reroof
VALUE: $12,000
RECIPIENT: Wild Rose Properties;
326 10th Ave. W
CONTRACTOR: Tro-Lini Builders Inc.
FOR: Remodel
VALUE: $30,000
RECIPIENT: Hope Pregnancy Ministries; 1281 Burns Way CONTRACTOR: Kramer Enterprises FOR: Addition
VALUE: $350,000
RECIPIENT: Kristi Taylor; 493 Ninth Ave. EN CONTRACTOR: Veilleux Enterprises Inc.
FOR: Addition VALUE: $6,000
RECIPIENT: Jon Battle and Carey Lyn Hill; 162 Taelor Rd. CONTRACTOR: Owner
FOR: Addition
VALUE: $4,800 WHITEFISH
RECIPIENT: Crown Castle; 1000 Baker Ave.
CONTRACTOR: TBD
FOR: Addition
VALUE: $20,000
RECIPIENT: John Lowell; 9 Rock
Creek Ct. CONTRACTOR: Owner FOR: Addition
VALUE: $19,000
RECIPIENT: Pamela Osland; 909 Kalispell Ave.
CONTRACTOR: Lanegon Construction
FOR: Addition VALUE: $7,000
RECIPIENT: Chad and Courtney Lyle; 446 Park Ave. CONTRACTOR: Skyline Builders FOR: Addition
VALUE: $250,000
RECIPIENT: Terra na Properties; 91
Wild Rose Ln.
CONTRACTOR: J Martin Builders FOR: Single-family residence VALUE: $375,000
RECIPIENT: John Hankinson; 3015 River Lakes Dr.
CONTRACTOR: Jamie Pickering FOR: Single-family residence VALUE: $532,390
RECIPIENT: New Leaf HomeBuild- ers LLC; 172 Wild Rose Ln. CONTRACTOR: Recipient
FOR: Single-family residence VALUE: $200,000
RECIPIENT: Terra na Properties; 83 Wild Rose Ln. CONTRACTOR: Jason Gerbozy FOR: Single-family residence VALUE: $425,000
RECIPIENT: Terra na Properties; 99 Wild Rose Ln. CONTRACTOR: J Martin Builders FOR: Single-family residence VALUE: $425,000
RECIPIENT: Terra na Properties; 107 Wild Rose Ln. CONTRACTOR: J Martin Builders FOR: Single-family residence VALUE: $400,000
RECIPIENT: Terry and Carol Trieweiler; 36 Fairway View CONTRACTOR: Big Mtn Builders FOR: Single-family residence VALUE: $650,000
RECIPIENT: Joseph Pfeifer; 421 O’Brien Ave.
CONTRACTOR: Owner
FOR: Single-family residence VALUE: $60,000
RECIPIENT: Gale Munski; 518 Kalispell Ave. CONTRACTOR: Owner
FOR: Remodel
VALUE: $5,700 RECIPIENT: Scott and Kelly
Davidson; 412 W Fourth St. CONTRACTOR: Davidson Construction
FOR: Remodel
VALUE: $22,000
RECIPIENT: Hunter Dominick; 500 Pine Pl.
CONTRACTOR: Denman Const. FOR: Remodel
VALUE: $130,000 RECIPIENT: Doug and Allison
O’Briant; 320 Sugarbowl Cir. CONTRACTOR: The Vandelay Group FOR: Remodel
VALUE: $363,415
David Bopp is Energy Services Representative at Flathead Electric Cooperative
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