Net-Zero i-House Open for Tours in Georgia

There’s some great homes across the country being finished with the first i-House design.  This one, for instance, was built on a lot in Green Bridge Farm, an eco-friendly development of 25 lots in Effingham County, Georgia.  Owner Charles Davis won’t have an electric bill with this net-zero energy home.  His butterfly roof has solar PV that generates electricity and powers a brand new Chevrolet Volt (pictured below).

Lots in Green Bridge Farm run between $50,000 – $55,000 and include about 1.2-1.6 acres each. In the center of the project is an organic farm. In fact, Green Bridge has a four-acre space with vegetable gardens and fruit orchards set aside for the community.

The farm is located near Savannah, Georgia.  The i-House will be open for tours August 12-13, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, with a Chevy Volt on site as well.  Clayton Homes has more information about the tour on their i-House website.

Last we checked, Clayton Homes is still working on i-House 2.0.  The company’s putting a lot of work into the details of this new design, and we’ll be excited to share more about it when we find out.

[+] More photos this i-House in Savannah, Georgia.

Credits: Clayton Homes. 

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  • MSM

    Wow, very impressive. 

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Scott-Goldberg/553678838 Scott Goldberg

    ugh, too far for a visit… Looks awesome

  • Tank

    Looks great I would love to see more of it and about it!

  • Terry Beever

    Awesome! 

  • http://twitter.com/yishai_ettebe Jesse

    I hope to see something like this in Quebec.

  • http://mastercraftheating.com Steve Bez

    How cool about being able to charge the Volt too. I’ve seen a few up here in Detroit. Really neat.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Svetlana-Smirnova/100002619860561 Svetlana Smirnova

    original and very interesting!

  • Martin Dubose

    I would tried to go myself if this would have came out earlier.

    Martin

  • Annpg

    Wondering how the butterfly roof holds up to hurricanes and how it would be viewed by companies in seeting hurricane insurance rates.

  • http://www.facebook.com/cjselvig Christopher Selvig

    Unfortunately development of this type with lots being 1.2-1.6 acres each has a high per capita impact on wildlife.

    • mmaddox7

      Christopher, we have all manner of wild animals on the farm. We butt up next to a huge wild tract comprising thousands of acres. Also I am only allowing 10% tree removal for each house.

  • Michael Self

    Love it.  I hope to build a shipping container house within 2 to 3 years.  This pic is going into my idea folder.  Great job.

  • Deb Tudor

    Fabulous!

  • http://www.facebook.com/janeybward Janey Ward

    So excited to see this roll out!!

    • mmaddox7

      Janey, you should come down to Green Bridge Farm and see it yourself!

  • http://www.facebook.com/janeybward Janey Ward

    So excited to see this roll out!!

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