Getting Started
When building an eco home, there are many things to consider. The process may seem overwhelming but it can be simplified to 3 easy steps:
Features
These are the six general elements of an ecohome. Click each header to learn more about each topic.
Power
Click here to learn more about ways to power your home through solar panels and wind turbines.
Water Conservation
Click here to learn more about how to conserve and harvest rainwater in your very own backyard.
Heating and Cooling
Click here to learn more about geothermal energy and how plants can be used as insulation.
Lighting
Click here to learn more about the types of lighting you can choose from to light your home.
Recycling
Click here to learn more about the ways you can recycle and use recycled building materials.
Post Building
Click here to find out how you can add to your finished home to be more environmentally mindful.
Why Go Green?
Reducing your carbon footprint, keeping the planet happy, and saving money all at the same time may seen difficult, but the benefits are worth it!
Value
By being more eco-friendly, you actually save money in the long run. Easy tricks like reusing a water bottle, recycling cans and bottles and growing your own produce can help you make the most of your hard earned cash.
Responsibility
Our global health is our responsibility as humans. Our future and the future of those around us depends on us. As residents of the planet, it is our responsibility to keep it clean and running efficiently as best as we can.
Impact
Being eco-friendly can not only save the environment, but also you! You can’t live without the environment’s necessary components, so as an individual, do all you can to make a better tomorrow.
million tons of waste dumped globally in 2019
million years of life lost to air pollution globally in 2019
million tons of food thrown out that could be composted
chemical contaminants in your body right now
Sample Home
Our team visited the Net-Zero Energy Model Home at Career & Technology Education Centers in Newark, Ohio to get an idea of what an eco-friendly home is really like.
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- Planning & Construction
- Exterior
- Interior
Video Eco Home Tour
This video takes you on a virtual journey, following the team as they walk around a truly net-zero home.
Get Inspired
Jean Paul Richter
German Writer
“Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action;
try to use ordinary situations.”
Jane Goodall
English Primatologist and Anthropologist
“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference and you
have to decide what kind of a difference you want to make.”
Albert Einstein
Theoretical Physicist
"Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them."
Hans Hofmann
American Painter
“The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.”
Henry David Thoreau
American Poet and Philosopher
“We can never have enough of nature.”
Meet The Team
Responsible for making the idea of EcoGeek become a reality.
Abigail Stevenson
Lead Developer
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Graphic Designer
Eliana Smith
Hybrid Designer
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