Project Green Home

We are 1 of 7 houses selected for the Sunday Nov 11th International Passive House Northern CA tour. We will be open 10:30-1:30 Sunday. . . . → Read More: …followed by International Passive House Northern CA tour, Sunday 11/11

As a warm-up to 350.org’s “Do The Math Tour” presentation on Saturday, November 10, tour Palo Alto’s 1st “Beyond Platinum LEED, Net Zero Energy, Passive House,” and potentially shake hands with our surprise guest at 3pm for the ribbon cutting ceremony of the nation’s 1st curbside residential electric car charging station, plus the opportunity to meet electric vehicle . . . → Read More: tour Palo Alto’s 1st Beyond Platinum LEED, Net Zero Energy, Passive House, Saturday 11/10

This week, the city of Palo Alto issued our home a permit to construct and operate a pilot kitchen sink graywater system.  In essence, wastewater from our kitchen sink will flow into a filter box and then percolate into the ground just outside our kitchen rather than going to the city’s wastewater treatment plant.  The benefits of this . . . → Read More: Environmental First: Palo Alto First to Permit Residential Kitchen Sink Graywater System – Thanks for Your Environmental and Fiscal Leadership

Wednesday, September 21st 2011,  ProjectGreenHome passed the City of Palo Alto’s final construction inspection.
We are now fully “legal” including the ultra low flow toilets, the electric car charging spot at the driveway, roofing insulation and all those other things we had to apply for special permits.  Thanks to all who made this possible particularly Josh Moore the Project . . . → Read More: Three Cheers – Final Construction Inspection Passed

On Saturday June 4th, clean energy leader and Palo Alto resident Sven Thesen and family will open their new ultra energy-efficient home to the public and, through partnership with Plug In America, provide the opportunity to ride and drive the latest electric vehicles.

See the full announcement with link to invite in our News & . . . → Read More: Project Green Home is going live June 4th with our Zero-Net Energy Open House

Click here to download our . . . → Read More: Updated booklet

Dr.Wolfgang Feist at Project Green Home

On Tuesday 2 November 2010, Dr. Wolfgang Feist founder and director of the Passive House Institute in Darmstadt, Germany toured Project Green Home.

In summary, he had only good things to say and was quite pleased with our efforts. He was particularly interested in a number . . . → Read More: Dr. Wolfgang Feist’s Tour of the Project Green Home