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May 20, 2013

Backers see $60M Grow Community as prototype for going super green

  • The architect said this is the first housing community in North America to receive the One Planet Community endorsement.
    • By LYNN PORTER
    Journal Staff Reporter

    Photo by Anthony Rich Photography [enlarge]
    There are three net-zero-energy model homes in Grow Community on Bainbridge Island designed by architect Jonathan Davis.

    A housing development under construction on Bainbridge Island was designed with the assumption that the world — and this little piece in particular — needs to consume much less.


     
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