Today, Green Builder Media, announced the winners of its 7th Annual Green Builder Home of the Year Awards, and the Grand Overall Winner, is Desert Rain! We could not be more thrilled. Located in the existing, old Bend, neighborhood, this home strives to become the first residential project in...
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...
After so much hard work from the entire team, Barb Scott and Tom Elliott moved into their custom, extremely green, home just in time for the holidays. The Desert Rain project has been a such long haul, with so many design and material challenges, and...
Recycled and reclaimed materials have been used throughout the Desert Rain home, the guest house, and throughout the landscaping on site. The search for unique, green building materials has turned up some stunning products and the resourcefulness of the Desert Rain team has resulted...
The Desert Rain House has many elements that make it the most green custom home we have ever built. ...
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...