Case Studies Residential

Case Studies Residential

Casey Construction

Douglas Lichter, Vice President
Fort Myers, FL 33901
941-461-5333

Casey Construction, general contractors, have been supplying its clients with thoughtful, cost-effective, and sustainable solutions to their design projects for sixteen years. They explore, advise, facilitate, and construct buildings to meet their client's growing health and environmental concerns throughout Southwest Florida. Casey Construction specialize in: Sustainable Design Principles, Indoor Air Quality Issues, Energy Efficiency, Water Quality & Conservation, Non-Toxic Finishes, and Universal Design.

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East Lake Commons Conservation Community

Jack Morse
Atlanta, GA
404-377-5757
http://www.eastlakecommons.org/

East Lake Commons is a Co-Housing community providing attached townhomes for 72 families. The design, by Pimsler Hoss Architects, was developed in collaboration with planning consultants, Village Habitat, provides 2, 3 and 4 bedroom units in a pedestrian oriented community village. The housing is developed on 5 acres of a 10-acre site. The remaining land is set aside for recreation and organic farming for the community. The housing itself is designed and is constructed to be energy efficient and environmentally responsible.

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Florida House Learning Center

Betty Alpaugh
Sarasota, FL 34233
941-316-1200

The Florida house learning center is an "earth-friendly" demonstration of appropriate technology and design for living in southwest Florida. It is open to the public for tours, has hand-out information on materials and methods, and conducts classes by the cooperative extension service. The purpose of the model home is to show how using "off-the-shelf" products can save water and energy, can provide a healthy indoor air quality, and can use local and recycled products. The model " Florida yard" conserves water and protects the local environment by reducing storm water run-off. The design includes native and drought tolerant plants, edible landscaping, micro-irrigation, and composting.

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Frank, Erica

Erica Frank
Atlanta, GA 30303-3219
404-616-5603

Erica Frank is Associate Professor, and Director, Preventive Medicine Residency Program, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine Emory University School of Medicine. Her mountain house is the first totally energy independent home in Georgia. It is situated in a corner of the Nantahala wilderness, a 24,000 acre wilderness in the Southern Appalachians, about 2 hours north of Atlanta. She makes her own electricity (with a microhydro system in her small stream), heat and hot water (a passive solar design and solar panels). The house is also built from materials with low embodied energy (e.g., she made the lighting from scrap metal, porch is plastic lumber made from recycled milk jugs, masonry is from reused concrete, and sheetrock is from titanium tailings). Erica Frank's house in town is a renovation of an existing co-housing home. Co-housing is of itself a sustainable concept; folks have their own smallish homes, and come together regularly and frequently for meals and camraderie in a common house and in each others' adjoining homes. In her renovation, she added a solar panel (for domestic hot water and home heating), increased the insulation substantially, added tripled-paned windows, and used sustainable materials where available (including a formal library constructed entirely from wheatboard and a salvaged poplar tree).

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Habitat For Humanity, Alachua

Claire Twomey, Exec. Director
Gainesville, FL 32608-2006
352-378-4663

The Alachua affiliate of Habitat For Humanity relies on innovative building techniques and quality products to build Energy Star Homes that are energy-efficient and well-ventilated. In addition, they are currently planning a Habitat Sustainable Community in collaboration with several organizations.

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Mason and Son

Dennis Mason
Bishop, GA 30621
706-769-4614

Mason and Son Woodworking and Construction is a design and build construction company. They offer a complete design and general contracting service with their own woodworking facility for custom residential building. Established in 1985, they have expertise in historic restoration and replication. In 1992 they completed their first "healthy house" for a chemically sensitive client, featured in "Southern Home and Garden," in February 1994. They embrace sustainable design principles in all of their work.