Greening of Greensburg Continues

Greensburg House X is a demonstration home that will be built by the not-for profit, Greensburg GreenTown. This home as well as other Green designs will be built by GreenTown in the town of Greensburg, Kansas, which was decimated in May of 2007 by an F-5 tornado. The purpose of this particular design is to demonstrate that affordable homes can be built in a Green, sustainable manner. Photo Credits: Greensburg Greentown

 

After months of intensive planning, Greensburg GreenTown launched its Eco-Homes Project with a groundbreaking for the first in the series of green demonstration homes. This project continues efforts to rebuild Greensburg, Kansas after a May 4, 2007 tornado destroyed 95% of the community.

This home, dubbed the Silo Eco-Home, will be built using the same method and materials typically used to construct a silo. Florida-based Armour Homes has designed and will build this structure.

Some of the green features of this home include passive ventilation, a green roof with a vegetable garden, a cistern for collecting stormwater, photovoltaic cells for solar-powered electricity, natural daylighting, dual-flush toilets and other water-saving features, native species in the landscape. Additionally, the home is designed to sustain winds of 200 m.p.h., so it will be a safe home as well as a sustainable one.

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