This year for Earth Day, Epcot unveiled the Vision House. Vision House, which was presented by Green Builder Media, showed visitors just how cool and innovative a green home could be.
Sara Gutterman, CEO of Green Builder Media, said, “Sustainable living is about taking personal responsibility.” With the Vision House, Green Builder hope to show families that they had the technology to provide them with great products and options for living green in their home. Living green not only helps the environment, it can also save homeowners money.
Visitors to Vision House got a guided tour which featured product and options for whole-home automation, water conservation, energy generation and efficiency, and indoor environment quality. The home has solar panels, energy efficient windows and doors, hardwood flooring, high efficiency heating and cooling systems, water conserving fixtures and faucets, and LED lighting solutions.
Builder Media actually has had several Vision Houses across the country set up as demos of what they can do for you. Currently, they have a Vision house at Epcot and in Los Angeles, but the company has offered access to Vision Houses in Las Vegas, Aspen, and Orlando in the past.
If you are not near Epcot or planning to visit anytime soon, you can see visit Vision House online. The website tells you about the Vision House story, offers great hands-on videos on subjects like how to create your own solar heater from soda cans, how to find a green expert in your area, and you can even ask a builder a question.
Another link allows you to take a virtual tour of the Vision House online. You can see the exterior (with its smog eating roofing tiles and backup generator), the kitchen (with its compost bin and countertops made of recycled materials), the living room (with plenty of windows for natural light and Energy Star television), and bathroom (with its WaterSense certified toilet and bathtub made of recycled materials).