First 'Active Green' Home in Nation Planned for Webster Groves
The home, which is a prototype of the Active House Alliance, will be designed and built with sustainability and the customer's pocketbook in mind, builder says.
A new “green” house being planned in Webster Groves will blend in with its more traditional neighbors, yet be more energy efficient and cost effective, its builder says. “We don’t want to go put something in that sticks out like a sore thumb,” said Matt Belcher of Belcher Homes. “Nothing funky looking. They’d run me out on a rail in Webster–you need to do things that are consistent with the neighborhood.” Belcher is the project manager for the house, a prototype of the Active House Alliance. The Active House Alliance is a European movement that embraces standards in building materials and practices in order to maximize energy and water efficiency and indoor air quality and lessen a building’s environmental impact. The house, which will be …
