A joint partnership of Project Green Build, a 501(c) 3 educational non-profit, and Fazzolari Custom Homes of Vancouver, Washington, the Felida Living House marries craftsmanship, education, and sustainability in suburban Clark County. Built in Messner Estates, a bungalow-style community, the home will serve as an educational classroom helping the building industry, codes officials, and general public understand the systems, cost and performance of a Living Building. Open for tours, the partnership will use sponsorships, donations, and trades-in kind to subsidize costs of construction, with profits from the sale of the home to be used for further green building education in Clark County.

Location: Messner Estates, 12100 NW 42nd Ave., Vancouver, WA 98685
Timeline: January 2008 - June 2009
Architect: Greenstone Architecture
Builder: Fazzolari Custom Homes
Engineering: DLS Structural Group
Consulting: Synergy Design Group
Project Coordination: Project Green Build
Marketing/Public Relations: Project Green Build
Partnerships/Outreach/Education: Project Green Build

Project Highlights:

• Ability to capture all water used on-site
  
• Ability to generate all power on-site
• Ability to manage wastewater on-site
• Structural insulated panel (SIPS) construction
• Universal Access
• No-toxic materials used
• Recycled materials used
• Natural building elements

Endorsed By

Press & News

Green Working and Living: Local Actions Global Perspectives" -- Net Zero Energy Design & the Living House at Felida- February 5, 2009

The Daily Journal of Commerce, Portland- January 28, 2009
Living Building Challenge lives up to its name in recession

The Columbian- December 28, 2008
Green-home backers hope to be in the black

Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) - Thursday, October 2nd, 2008
Extremely Green Building Tried In Northwest -- Listen here

October 17 - 19, 2008
Living House at Felida project highlighted at NW EcoBuilding Guild Retreat

KXL - AM, "Around the House", radio interview with builder, John Fazzolari of Fazzolari Custom Homes.

Building Industry Research Alliance - June 2, 2008
The Living House, a Building America Partner

The Columbian - June 1, 2008
Builders of "green" home hope to let sunshine in

The Columbian - April 6, 2008
'Net zero' water goal is an obstacle for supergreen house

The Oregonian - March 27, 2008
Pushing the limits of 'green'

The Columbian - March 2, 2008
A green house grows in Felida

The Columbian - December 31, 2007
A green house will grow in Felida

Information/Plans Available

Project Partners