Welcome to the Green House A house built for Will Farrell to be energy efficient and sustainable.

Welcome to the Welcome to the Green Green HouseHouse

A house built for Will Farrell to be A house built for Will Farrell to be energy efficient and sustainable energy efficient and sustainable

Location of the HomeLocation of the Home

• The home will be located in Desoto County, Florida

• This county is home to the largest solar power tower in America starting in 2009

• The house will face the west because the sun is less intense when it is going down, and it is hot in Florida

Power TowerPower Tower

• Electricity in the home will be supplied by a solar power tower

How Solar Power Towers work…How Solar Power Towers work…

• Large reflectors reflect light into a tower, which heats water into steam

• This steam turns turbines and creates electricity

Active Solar HeatingActive Solar Heating

• Solar panels grab light from the sun and use it as energy to create heat for our home

Energy Saving WindowsEnergy Saving Windows

• The house will be equipped with windows that help keep air conditioning and heating in the home

Biogas DigesterBiogas Digester

• Placed in the ground and allow decomposition of animal waste, dead plants, human waste, and other degradable household items

Recycled CountertopsRecycled Countertops

• Our home has recycled metal countertops

• Also, all the metal in our house is from junkyards across the country

L.E.E.DL.E.E.D

• Our home reduces water usage, by collecting rain water on the roof which drains into boilers to clean them, then large tanks which we can use for storage

• Reuse of existing materials- Our home’s metals are from old cars and scrap metal

L.E.E.DL.E.E.D

• All rooms are equipped with light energy saving motion sensors that detect when a person is and inst in the room, and turns the lights on and off automatically

LandscapingLandscaping

• Our roof is flat which allows us to grow plants on it

PondPond

• We will also have a pond near the house home to fish, which we can eat occasionally

LawnLawn

• The front lawn will be made up of small pebbles instead of grass to reduce lawn mower pollution

TreesTrees

• Also, our climate allows us to grow Palm Trees around the home which will help with taking co2 out of the air and putting oxygen in it

Siding ChoiceSiding Choice

• We are selecting insulated siding to cover the house which helps keep heat and cool air in the house

Color SchemeColor Scheme

• The house will primarily have white and light colored walls and siding, this color wont absorb heat as much as darker colors