in  page began purchasing properties and tearing down homes adjacent to his home in palo alto to make room for a large ecohouse the existing buildings were "deconstructed" and the materials donated for reuse the ecohouse was designed to "minimize the impact on the environment" page worked with an arborist to replace some trees that were in poor health with others that used less water to maintain page also applied for green point certification with points given for use of recycled and low or no-voc volatile organic compound materials and for a roof garden with solar panels the houses exterior features zinc cladding and plenty of windows including a wall of sliding-glass doors in the rear it also includes eco-friendly elements such as permeable paving in the parking court and a pervious path through the trees on the property the -sq ft house also observes other green home design features such as organic architecture building materials and low volatile organic compound paint