The City of Pasadena California is attempting to promote itself as a green and sustainable community. This is a very desirable program to promote due to our declining natural resources and increasing demands for power and electricity.
In a fitting tribute to the City of Pasadena and its green initiative, we will soon begin to witness the construction of the Pasadena Eco House. This environmentally friendly structure is designed by architect Robert Mechielsen, and his company Studio RMA. Mr Mechielsen's goal when constructing a house is to design "Carbon Neutral Living Architecture". His designs are built to LEED design standards and incorporate building materials that use recycled and sustainable materials, are more energy efficient, offer greater fire resistance and can withstand hurricane force winds. In addition, they provide better sound insulation and can even eliminate termite and vermin problems. Now who wouldn't be interested in something like this? The other major factor and advantage is that an Eco House is very competitive with the price of new construction.
Most people's ideas of going green include changing a few light bulbs, placing your newspaper and plastic bottles in the recycle bin or turning your thermostat up or down depending on the season. There are so many wonderful new products and technologies in the market today that will be utilized in the construction of this house that can improve our standard of living.
Follow the ground breaking to completion as we bring you the construction details for the next few months. Get in depth reports form the prefabricated panels to the recycled glass counter tops and see how these products will produce a synergy not found in conventional housing. Hear the comments from the general contractor and architect as we follow the development of this pioneering project and see what impact it has on the future of housing. And finally, hear directly from the owner's themselves and why they chose to go green and what factor's lead to this decision. We feel very fortunate to be included in this project as we report on the Pasadena Real Estate market..
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