There’s a brand new beautiful Living Green House just opened this last week at the Virginia Living Museum. The home was constructed as a permanent eco-showcase, in order to show people various designs, techniques and materials used in earth-friendly building. According the Baltimore Sun, “The demonstration house is one of the first anywhere in the United States — and the only one of its kind in Virginia.”
[image via Virginia Living Museum]
This gorgeous, 650 sq ft home is an amazing example of green building. Features include the following:
- A small size (and thus small footprint).
- Recycled building materials, including salvaged lumber and wood-like siding made from recycled paper.
- PVC piping alternatives.
- Green roofs.
- Solar aspects a plenty, like solar photovoltaic panels, a solar water heater, passive solar heating and more.
- Rain barrels and cisterns.
- Geothermal heat pump and cooling unit.
- And more…
The Baltimore Sun has an amazing image gallery and article about the house. My favorite image from the Sun is the killer solar-powered water pump below. Read the rest of this entry »