It won’t solve the housing problem here in the City but when West Coast Green occurs next month attendees will get a chance to tour a “zero energy” Green home right smack in the Civic Center across from City Hall. Yes, it’s a prefabricated house but not that nasty “Prefab” often associated with temporary replacement for housing during and after WWII.

The mkLotus (even the name sounds sleek) designed by Michelle Kaufmann and built by XtremeHomes will include Green features like a living roof, an integrated solar array, rain and ground water catchment systems for outdoor irrigation, an interior gray water system, and will be constructed using sustainable materials.

We can almost smell the 100 percent sustainable garden, designed by Nicholas Thayer of Late Afternoon Garden Design, which will include native plants, green roof plants put to use in a bioswale, a composting bin, and holy relaxation Batman a chaise lounge retreat. We’ll have our stunnas, organic sun block and our cocktails ready for that retreat.