As an intensely sustainable custom home, Desert Rain is making waves again with it’s newly installed composter/evaporator. With a gray water system already in place, the black water treatment is an important piece of the work required to earn the Living Building Challenge Water Petal....
Desert Rain, has become the first in the state within a city sewer district to receive a permit to treat blackwater — toilet and dishwasher wastewater — on site, without putting it into the sewer lines...
ML Vidas, a local architect and sustainability consultant, gave a presentation that summarizes the thought behind Living Building Challenge – a program of the International Living Future Institute – and the seven performance areas for green building....
Desert Rain, the uber green, custom home we are building, is the first home in Bend, and in the entire state of Oregon, to receive a residential waste water permit. This means we have approval to use the grey water system that will treat and...
ome stuccos are greener than others and we’re just wrapping up work with one of the most sustainable stuccos available. ...
[caption id="attachment_1298" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Rainwater Collection System"][/caption] Water is one of the most basic needs for life. Yet, water management is far from simple. In our desire to provide safe, clean water, we have developed complicated, energy-intensive systems. These systems are expensive too. Keeping the United...
Bend homeowners work -- and pay -- to make their home eco-friendly By John Stearns business editor / The Bulletin Published: November 07. 2010 4:00AM PST Some people probably question the money Tom Elliott and Barbara Scott are spending to create the greenest home possible in Bend —...
Before a Bend couple can start building their ultra-green home, they need theright materials - and finding them is a challenge Editors note: Tom Elliott and Barbara Scott invited The Bulletin to follow their building project — to build the greenest home possible — from start to...