Model Home Monday: BrightBuilt Barn

Our blog is back after a brief hiatus over the holiday break and we're getting back on track with our regularly scheduled features! Mondays are "Model Home Mondays" where we post innovative home communities, green building trends and forward-thinking design.

Today we are featuring BrightBuilt Barn, a recently completed innovative structure that has been meticulously planned to create a livable, sustainable, replicable, flexible, and educational net-zero energy home.

A unique feature is the exterior "LED light skirt" that was designed to change color depending on the home's energy use. GREEN means the BrightBuilt Barn is generating more energy than it consumes; YELLOW indicates a borderline condition; and RED means the energy usage is higher than required to meet the yearly net energy goal.

Located in Rockland, Maine, the BrightBuilt Barn is a prefabricated home that is on track to achieve LEED Platinum certification. The home will be monitored and it's energy usage statistics will be posted at the BrightBuilt Barn site.

via: Jetson Green