Contact: Michaela Miller

904-472-1980

 

 

Compelling video, photos, interviews and a project that will make history – this home is expected to be the First Platinum LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified home in Northeast Florida!

 

We are in the final stages of demolishing our home after it was severely damaged by Tropical Storm Fay on Aug. 22, 2008. Since we have to rebuild and raise the house to avoid flooding again, we decided to build responsibly and totally Green!

 

News Conference: Tuesday, February 24^th at 10:00am

Where: 5302 Clifton Road, Jacksonville, FL 32211 (Site of demolished home)

 

What you will see: Huge piles of salvaged materials from the deconstructed house, photographs of TS Fay as she approached and flooded our home as well as video of the demolition.  Michaela plans to drive a Bobcat into the only remaining brick wall standing as a way of saying good-bye to the old and welcoming the new!

 

Available for interviews: Homeowners Michaela Miller and Steve Sadler plus members of the Design, Demolition, Engineering, Construction and Landscape team.

 

* Solar panels will create all the electricity we need

* We will recycle rain and gray water

* Use geothermal for heating/cooling (involves drilling 150ft holes into the ground)

* Virtually all materials are being recycled into new home - bricks, pavers, timber

* Roof shingles and drywall will be ground up for landscaping and leveling the ground

* We will have a couple of green roofs (which insulates and adds beauty, too)

* Living walls (between the pillars/stilts climbing vines will be planted)

* All plants will be Native and/or Heritage plants

 

 

The USGBC (US Green Building Council) LEED for Homes is a rating system that promotes the design and construction of high-performance green homes. A green home uses less energy, water and natural resources; creates less waste; and is healthier and more comfortable for the occupants