Why build an Eco Demonstration home?
There were two main goals: first, to build a market rate home in an existing development that fit into the neighborhood but also featured passive solar design, exemplary energy efficiency, renewable energy systems, and sustainable (or “green”) principles and materials. The second goal was to demonstrate to the public that “green” isn’t weird and that environmental building methods are by definition good building practice, especially in today’s world where cheap fuel is diminishing and global warming is a concern we can no longer afford to ignore.
