Proposed Designs and Elevations for The Nest Project

Here is a preview of the "Nest" house which is registered as West Michigan's first Living Building Challenge registered project, designed by Eric Hughes at Image Design LLC. This project will also be a LEED for Homes V4 registered project and has also been registered for Passive House and Zero Step  certification. Living Building Challenge certification requires this project to be Zero Energy and Zero Water use and has a Red List of material that cannot be used in this project. Below please find some of the advanced features of this home. Key Features: 

• Rain Water Harvesting 
• Grey Water & Black Water
• Passive Solar
• Solar Hot Water Heating 
• Photovoltaic 
• Greenhouse
• Clay Straw Walls
• Durisol ICF Insulation 
• Hydronic Heating 
• Urban Farming
• Root Celler
• More features to come as the project progresses!

We are going to updating you all on the site plans and other developments as we proceed into 2014. If you haven't checked our Twitter or Facebook page yet, follow us for more updates as well.