Wired Magazine has teamed up with LivingHomes to create an
efficient green house called the WIRED LivingHome. LivingHomes
is already known for designing cutting-edge, modern green homes.
The 4057 square foot house will have a 4 kilowatt solar power
system and be outfitted with efficient appliances. Green
building materials will be used throughout. It will be located
in the modernist home community of Los Angeles called Crestwood
Hills, and finished by Fall 2007. The LivingHome is designed to
attain at least a Gold rating from the United States Green
Building Council’s (USGBC) LEED for Homes Program. The plan is
to deconstruct rather than demolish the property’s existing
house, reducing the amount of building materials sent to the
landfill. Working with The Reuse People, a nonprofit corporation
dedicated to keeping usable building materials out of landfills,
interior materials will be sent to the Habitat for Humanity
Store for re-use, while the framing is being transported to
Mexico where it will be used for l