This year's West Coast Green features a new Showhouse built of containers:
At its core, the 1,700 sqft two-story home will be made of reused shipping containers, which will make construction, in any environment, sustainable, fast, and safe.
Being built right on the tradeshow floor, the home will open to a series of outdoor living spaces and decks, showcasing a dramatic outdoor kitchen ... and a stunning garden of native and naturalized plants and mature olive trees.
The stats:
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1,700 sf
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2 bedrooms
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2 bathrooms
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2 stories
Jetson Green likes it:
It's a 1700 sf container home, but you probably can't tell just by looking. Sustainability will be number one, with GreenPoint and LEED certification in the plans. Plus, it seems that ecofabulous will be doing the interior design work, so the home, you can believe, will be modish, posh, and green.
Until August 18, you have the opportunity to come up with a name:
Name the Showhouse!
We’ll pick the top submissions, and post them for everyone to vote on.
Whatever name gets the most votes, wins!
We will announce the winning name on September 1st
company: SG Blocks
where: West Coast Green building conference
when: September 25-27, 2008