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Prefab, high-concept and green: an eco-house that’s low-maintenance, small-carbon-footprint and also a work of art

the house fulfills the owners' ambition to create a work of art that is intensely green: it relies on cross-ventilation for cooling, passive solar energy for heating and recycled water for irrigating the garden

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Thomas Small is an accomplished cook, so it’s important for him to try new and exotic ingredients every now and then. When it came to the construction of his eco-friendly house, that’s exactly what his architects gave him. After all, crushed sunflower husks and shredded blue jeans don’t sound like typical building blocks. But in the world of green design, such ingredients are not rare. So now, Mr. Small and his wife, Joanna Brody, along with their two very young children and a pair of large French Briard dogs, share a prefabricated urban building that has become an example for others looking for creative ways to go green.

shredded jeans encased in wire mesh insulate the ceiling and walls of the living room. Red-lacquered Ikea cabinets, topped with the same black-stained concrete as the floor, define the open kitchen  read more »

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