After the Grove Avenue Green Home Tour in June, many people wanted to know more about the wide variety of green features touched on during the one-hour walk-through. During that hour, Watershed staff were only able to scratch the surface of the sustainable technologies and products on display. So below is a full list of features in the home and the collaborators, installers & suppliers with whom we worked.

This is slated to be the first LEED-certified residence in the City of Richmond. The owners have already moved in, and are watching as the final touches are put in place around them, as a Watershed project becomes a finished house, and then finally, a home.

Their home includes the following:

* Living Wall (SG Designs)
* Rain HOGs (HOG Works, Australia)
* Rain garden planter (SG Designs)
* Frontscape planter with native plants (SG Designs)
* Green roof with native plants (SG Designs)
* Solar tube
* Virginia Limeworks plaster
* Several domestic tile sources (sourced within a 500-mile radius)(Steve Herndon)
* Rescued/Up-cycled oak flooring (recovered from pallets headed to a landfill)
* Black locust siding (from Nelson County)
* Biosheild Oil wood floor finish (non-toxic) (EcoLogic)
* Mythic Paint (EcoLogic)
* Marmoleum flooring in the baths (EcoLogic)
* PaperStone laundry room countertop
* Eco Smart XL Burner
* Locally made concrete countertops with recycled glass
* Locally fabricated cabinets
* All CFL, low voltage, or LED light fixtures
* Solar PV panels
* Solar Thermal panels (These panels also act as a sun canopy for the windows of a second-floor study.)
* Energy Star appliances, maximum efficiency

* You can click on the names of the features above to view photos examples of the work or product. If you’d like to include any of these in your own new or existing home, contact us at Watershed Architects for quotes, sustainable building ideas and more information about our environmentally-friendly product partners.

Website: http://watershedarch.net/portfolio/current
Email: patrick@watershedarch.net
Phone: (804) 254-8001  /  Fax: (804) 254-8003
Address & Map: 1521 West Main Street, Richmond, VA 23220