- Recycled all doors/windows/appliances/flooring/cabinets/sinks

- Buried electrical/telephone/cable wires

- Feng Shui Design

- Architects Taylorand Miller.com

- Wrapped house in 2 inches of polystyrene insulation

- Non formaldehyde fiberglass in new construction/mineral wool insulation

- R-40 insulation in roof

- R-19 to R-21 in walls

- Rain screen detail on siding and roof

- Viesmann Vitodens 100 natural gas-fired condensing boiler and hot water tank - 98% efficient

- Instant hot water

- Energy Star® appliances, Wolf stove and Miele oven

- Radiant floor heating/buderus panel heaters in bedrooms and family room

- South terrace overhang

- Windows u=value less than .35 and thermal break

- Recycled 50% tile in bathrooms

- Bamboo flooring and walls throughout house

- Low voc

- Plumbed for gray water

- Air to air heat and moisture exchanger

- Whole house water filtration

- No carpeting

- Nearly all wiring done in metal conduits to reduce electromagnetism

- Close to 100% non-pvc plumbing

- Compact fluorescent lighting