Green features include:

• Natural daylighting using exterior sliding doors and interior glass partitions
• Reclaimed, salvaged and used wood
• Super insulated shell with 2” closed cell urethane foam and 6” to 8” recycled dense pack cellulose sprayed insulation.
• Locally sourced natural materials: hemlock siding, quarried mica schist floor tiles and paving stones, red oak flooring harvested from building footprint.
• Energy efficient rehabilitation of small existing timber frame structure with an addition whose natural materials blend into regional context
• Pocket doors and movable walls make space adaptable and multi-purpose
• Heavy emphasis on recycled materials
• Photovoltaic panels and passive solar design with stone floor and counters as thermal storage
• Edible landscape: organic vegetable, herb and fruit garden instead of front lawn
• 90% preservation of the habitat and natural vegetation in a non-disturbance zone
• 100% water permeable paving
• Bio swales, buffer zone and rain garden designed to capture run off
• Rainwater harvesting with cistern used for garden irrigation
• Water features such as rain chain and runnels become art objects in the landscape
• Vegetated green roof mitigates heating and cooling costs
• Environmental land art by participating artists