Farrar Green Home

02/05/2013

Today's harvest at the Farrar Green Home: Misiluki bananas, Green Globe artichokes and guavas that are shaped like pears! Yumm!

10/18/2012

10/18/2012

The Farrar Green Home and Sustainable Farm is honored to be included in this year's US Green Building Council's Green Home Tour on November 4th.

If you would like to join the fun, rsvp the USGBC at the link below.

For not-yet-members, registration is $5 per attendee. With your registration, you will receive an email a week before the event including a detailed map with home addresses and contact information.

06/27/2012

It is official! The Farrar Green Home is a LEED Platinum home. The greenest of the green!
"USGBC is extremely pleased to approve the certification of the Farrar Green Home in Escondido, CA, USA built by Phil Gaitaud, and supported by the LEED for Homes Provider, Energy Inspectors. This project received a "LEED Platinum" rating. Congratulations!"

08/09/2010

Check the latest article in the North County Times about the progress on our Green Home.

Editor's Note: Rhonda and Nigel Farrar are building an Escondido home incorporating the latest environmentally friendly technologies. This is the

07/29/2010

AIA Palomar & CSI San Diego, in partnership with SDG&E, are hosting an event for Architects and Builders at the Farrar Green Home on August 4th. Our design and build teams will be on hand to discuss their work and answer questions. For more information and to RSVP, visit the link:

07/28/2010

06/16/2010

Bradley Fikes wrote a great story about the progress on the Farrar Green Home for the front page of the Business section of today's North County Times. How cool is that?! Check it out below:

Editor's Note: Rhonda and Nigel Farrar are building an Escondido home incorporating the latest environmentally friendly technologies. This is the

06/11/2010

We have decided to apply for LEED certification. We had our first team meeting with our LEED consultant and our entire project team yesterday. We are so excited that our home looks like it will qualify for LEED Platinum, the highest LEED certification level!! To learn more about LEED check out the link below.

LEED is an internationally recognized green building certification system, providing third-party verification that a building or community was designed and built using strategies aimed at improving performance across all the metrics that matter most: energy savings, water efficiency, CO2 emissions r...

05/26/2010

Sunday, May 23rd, 2010

05/25/2010

What a great day! Over 150 people attend our Slab Party & Green Building Open House yesterday. If you missed the fun, you can check it out on the TV news last night. Channel 6 News was there and our very own Drew Hubbell was featured. Webmaster Rich Russo has already posted the clip on our website at www.FarrarGreenHome.org. If you were at the event, be sure to check it out and see if you were on TV last night!

04/26/2010

You are invited to the Slab Party and Green Building Open House on Sunday, May 23rd from 3 to 5 pm. Plan to join the fun and celebrate the progress of this net-zero energy home. The design and build teams will be on hand to show off their work and answer your questions. RSVP to [email protected] for details and directions.