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Exemplary EcoHome near East Lake MARTA Station
If there's anyone who deserves the title "EcoHome Guy", it's David Southerland. His home at 156 Mellrich Avenue stands as a model of best practices for sustainable, energy-efficient, environmentally-friendly Intown Atlanta living. His website on the home is so informative and educational that I've included it as a permanent resource link for this blog.
His home taps heavily into the principles of Southface's Earthcraft® green-building program and the Not So Big® philosophy.
The home is packed with sustainable and environmental technologies including:
- Low VOC paints and carpets
- On-demand hot water heater and energy-efficient appliances
- Solar lighting tubes and super energy-efficient windows
- Foam insulation
- Grey- and rainwater cistern
- Xeriscaping
The list could go on. Visit David's site for more details.
The thing that truly puts the home at the pinnacle of sustainability, in my opinion, is that it is also location-efficient. As you may know, I am a big proponent of trail- and transit-oriented living (as the title to this post attests) and have a blog devoted exclusively to the lifestyle. David understands that the "home is a system -- within a system" and sought just the right infill lot that would be within 1/4 mile of a MARTA Station, thereby empowering him to use bike and/or transit for more of his transportation needs.
As David puts it so eloquently, "156 Mellrich has been designed to be an innovative, groundbreaking house, utlizing many different techologies together in ways that yield a cumulative total benefit bigger than they would have measured alone."
Nuff said. You da EcoHome Man, David!
Burke Sisco
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