Demonstration Green Home and Wildlife Friendly Landscape
Perhaps for the first time ever, a certified "green" home has been turned into an educational open house to educate visitors about the steps required and the benefits reaped from building "green." Unlike most typical model homes, the unique landscape of this home also boasts a certified wildlife habitat and vegetable garden.
Melbourne, FL, October 21, 2008 --(PR.com)-- Many builders are taking the initiative to learn the principles of green building to create more environmentally sensitive homes.
However, perhaps for the first time, one of those homes has been turned into an educational open house to educate the community about the steps needed to "build green", as well as the overall benefits to the environment.
Betsy Franz, a freelance nature writer, environmental enthusiast and founder of Project Backyard Brevard, has once again worked her magic to help educate the population about the best ways to Take Care of Their Share of the local environment.
When Franz heard that a local builder was featuring a green home in an upcoming Parade of Homes, she quickly bid for the opportunity to turn the home into a self-guided walking tour for visitors.
Her tour includes a colorful brochure, which explains the "green" certification process, and leads visitors throughout the home where they can see and read about the various elements that affect energy efficiency, water conservation, indoor air quality and other aspects of "green" building.
The tour also extends to the landscape, which includes waterwise and wildlife friendly plants and even a vegetable garden.
"Green building certification programs usually involve many changes to the home’s landscape," Franz said. "The changes are a wonderful benefit to local wildlife and to the environment but the end result is a landscape that is definitely not typical for most developments, especially a neighborhood with landscaping deed restrictions."
"This showcase home provided an excellent opportunity to teach the general public that you can use waterwise plants and you can garden for wildlife and still create a beautiful, vibrant landscape."
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However, perhaps for the first time, one of those homes has been turned into an educational open house to educate the community about the steps needed to "build green", as well as the overall benefits to the environment.
Betsy Franz, a freelance nature writer, environmental enthusiast and founder of Project Backyard Brevard, has once again worked her magic to help educate the population about the best ways to Take Care of Their Share of the local environment.
When Franz heard that a local builder was featuring a green home in an upcoming Parade of Homes, she quickly bid for the opportunity to turn the home into a self-guided walking tour for visitors.
Her tour includes a colorful brochure, which explains the "green" certification process, and leads visitors throughout the home where they can see and read about the various elements that affect energy efficiency, water conservation, indoor air quality and other aspects of "green" building.
The tour also extends to the landscape, which includes waterwise and wildlife friendly plants and even a vegetable garden.
"Green building certification programs usually involve many changes to the home’s landscape," Franz said. "The changes are a wonderful benefit to local wildlife and to the environment but the end result is a landscape that is definitely not typical for most developments, especially a neighborhood with landscaping deed restrictions."
"This showcase home provided an excellent opportunity to teach the general public that you can use waterwise plants and you can garden for wildlife and still create a beautiful, vibrant landscape."
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