Sustainable Design and Construction on Display at West Coast Green Conference

West Coast Green, the nation's largest residential green building conference, today announced that it will showcase a "zero-energy" green-built home in San Francisco's Civic Center Plaza, directly across from City Hall.

The eco-friendly, prefabricated modular home will be on public display throughout the three-day conference, which is held September 20-22, 2007.

Tours of the house are free for West Coast Green Conference & Expo attendees.

Designed by internationally celebrated architect Michelle Kaufmann and built by XtremeHomes, the mkLotus will be constructed using sustainable materials and will include features such as its green "living roof", an integrated solar array, rain and ground water catchment systems for outdoor irrigation and an interior gray water system.

Designed to blend seamlessly with the surrounding environment, mkLotus incorporates natural textiles and eco-friendly interior furnishings coordinated by Sunset Magazine and Michelle Kaufmann Designs.

Operable glass accordion doors by NanaWall surround the living area on three sides to bring the outside in, adding warm natural light and increased ventilation.

The mkLotus will be constructed using structural insulated panels (SIPs): high-performance, pre-fabricated building panels that are becoming a product of choice in residential green building.