Florida developer Frank McKinney, tackles green living head on with a $29 million home that will be the first of its size to be certified green by the U.S. Green Building Council and the Florida Green Building Council.
The 3-story mansion will be the first to be built to the rigorous "green" or environmentally responsible standards as defined by the US Green Building Council and the Florida Green Building Council.
A sampling of green features:
Enough solar panels to cover a regulation basketball court, generating enough energy to run the entire home on certain days
A water system that collects enough "gray" or runoff water to fill the average swimming pool every 14 days
Enough reclaimed wood to save 7.5 acres of Brazilian rain forest
Renewable woods that regenerate every three years vs. every fifty years for other hardwoods
Enough pools, reflecting ponds, water gardens, misters, water walls, etc. to drop the site temperature by 2-3 degrees over neighboring properties, reducing cooling costs
During construction over 340,000 pounds of debris and trash will be recycled, the equivalent of two super bowl's worth of trash generated
Green light fixtures that cut down on lighting consumption by 90%
Air conditioning and purification systems that make air quality 4x cleaner than an operating room at the Mayo Clinic
Will green become the norm for mega-mansions of the future?
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