Zero-Emission Home Being Built in Chicago

I’m singing to myself now “if I had a million dollars…” or maybe “if I had $1.6million dollars…” This house is pretty damn sweet. It’s targeted to be LEED platinum. This is a good example of a home that has it all, but you could easily pick your battles and start implementing the smaller things one at a time.   I hope to do things slowly – I’d love to go hog wild, but the budget just isn’t there – like most folks.

Here are some examples:

• passive solar
• geothermal
• grey water
• solar hot water
• solar panels (photovoltaics)
• rain collection
• thermal mass
• argon, triple pane windows
• no VOC paints/adhesives/etc
• dual-flush toilets

Thanks to my old friend Charles from Kickstarter for the link!