A good friend who is also a Democratic activist AND successful real estate agent in Denton, Phyllis Wolper, has listed a "Green-Built Home" in Denton, TX for under $145,000. This is not a "cottage"--this is a 3-bedroom, 2-bath home on a cul-de-sac called Nevada Court.
The builder, Dan Fette Builders Inc, describes the features of the Nevada Court home on his website:
"Homes in Nevada Court will be sold with an energy use guarantee that the average amount of electricity and natural gas necessary to comfortably heat & cool the homes will not exceed a particular amount. On one of those homes, 1340 square feet in size, at current utility costs (summer ‘06) that translates to an average of less than $50 / month to heat & cool the home.
Heat-stressed landscapes and dying trees are a sober reminder of the scanty rainfall we’ve received in Texas in the summer of ‘06. Many who refused to let Mother Nature take their yards compensated with lots of watering and lots of money to pay for it. In typical area households, 50% of water use results from watering our yards. On the Nevada Court houses we placed rain water catchment systems capable of meeting all of the irrigation needs of our drought tolerant landscapes. Similar attention to water conservation is shown through selection of the plumbing fixtures and appliances that appoint the house.
Nevada Court is the first subdivision in the Metroplex in which all of the houses will be certified as meeting the requirements of the new Green Building Program of the Home Builders Association (HBA) of Greater Dallas. Dan Fette currently serves as Chairman of the HBA’s Green Building Committee. The Green Building Program requires compliance with 38 base level elements in the categories of Site Selection & Management, Water Efficiency, Energy Efficiency, Materials Efficiency, Indoor Air Quality, and Homeowner Education."
