Green Home in Jericho finally closes
53 Mellow Ln Jericho NY
After a 2 month delay the Green home in Jericho at 53 Mellow Ln closed yesterday. The purchase price was $1,100,000. Century 21 Prevete handled the sale for the builder Matt Pantofel. Joe Tracz was the listing agent. The delay was caused by the town’s reluctance to give the builder the final certificate of occupancy becuase the home was heated and cooled by a geothermal system. This was the first new construction in the town using such a system and hopefully the next time this process can run smoother. The Town of Oyster Bay should be proud to have such a fine example of green technology. Hopefully other builders in the area will understand that our future is green.
Green Ribbon Cutting at the Green Home in Jericho
Thanks to Councilman Chris Coschignano Assemblyman Rob Walker and Legislator Ed Mangano for joining our builder Matt Pantofel our Architect Scott Kahn and Century 21 broker Steve Prevete
After a shaky start to the day’s weather – the afternoon sun shone on architect’s and realtors day at the green showcase. Congrats to our tour guides who did a great job today. The showcase continues all weekend – don’t wait in line – sign up for a tour time.
Slideshow is up on YouTube
The green home in Jericho is completely finished and ready for our big Green Showcase this coming weekend. This video shows that green is not only energy efficient but it is beautiful. Recycled materials are no longer cheap looking – these high end items are georgeous.
Beautiful Bright and Green
Here’s a gallery of photos of our Kohler fixtures
provided by Long Island’s premier plumbing supplier
Davis & Warshow
Besides being beautiful all these fixtures are low flow. But this is not your grandfather’s low flow – it is less water used with no decrease in water pressure. The sinks in the kitchen and bath are cast iron. They too are from recycled materials and are indestructible. They won’t dull, scratch or chip. Green is forever.
Beautiful Kohler Fixtures
See all these and more at our
Showcase Weekend of Tours
June 27th and June 28th 11am -5pm
Just the right amount of water for the lawn at the green home in Jericho
Installed by B&D Rain Systems
Saving water is as important to the green home in Jericho as saving energy. A Solar Sync ET system from Hunter Industries was installed on the grounds of 53 Mellow Ln in Jericho NY by B&D Rain Systems based in Melville NY. This advanced system monitors the temperature, humidty and rainfall at the location and properly adjusts the amount of water used by the in-ground sprinkler system. Just in case you were wondering ET doesn’t stand for extra terrestrial but for evapotranspiration. Since a picture is worth a thousand words here is the picture explaining evapotranspiration in Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evapotranspiration
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evapotranspiration
Even the White Fence is Green at the Green Home in Jericho
Fence at 53 Mellow Ln - the Green Home in Jericho NY
Even the fence at the green home in Jericho NY is doing its part to save the environment. This fence installed by Amendola Fence Company is made locally from 85% recyled materials. Looking at the fence you could never tell that it was recycled, proving that recyled is beautiful. Get your tour of the house at our showcase event June 27th and June 28th. Get your free tour ticket right on this blog.
Indoor air quality in the green home in Jericho
VOC’s (Volatile ogranic compounds) are gases that escape from certain solids or liquids. It’s evident in the smell from paint, floor finishes, carpet or furniture. They adversely affect indoor air quality for days, months and sometimes years. Green is not only low energy requirements and low water use, green is also about healthy living spaces. How does the green home in Jericho promote a more healthy living space? It does so by using paint and floor finishes certified GREENGUARD by the GREENGUARD Environmental Institute and independent nonprofit that establishes acceptable indoor air standards for indoor products, environments, and buildings. The choices for the green home in Jericho were Sherwin Williams Progreen 200 and BonaKemi water based floor finish. Both are low VOC products that cover well and provide a more healthy indoor environment.
Sherwin Williams Progreen 200
Geothermal heat pump is humming in the green home in Jericho
input and output
Hydron module H038
There’s power in the ground
All heating and cooling in the Green Home in Jericho will be provided by a geothermal heat pump. Two 260 ft holes are drilled into the ground. Water is pumped up from one and brought into the heat pump. Then it is recycled into the second hole. The holes have a 10 inch diameter. Geothermal works because underground temperatures are relatively stable through the year. A geothermal heat pump extracts ground heat in the winter and exhausts heat back into the ground in the summer. Make sure you sign up for the showcase tours June 27th & 28th from 11am to 5pm.
Green Garbage at the Green Home in Jericho
- 3 dumpsters in front of new construction at 53 Mellow Lane in Jericho
Even the garbage is green at the green home in Jericho. This new construction project uses three dumpsters – one for wood products – one for paper and cardboard products and a third for all other garbage. Besides building a green home this builder is recycling his garbage. All useful leftovers from this project are being donated to Habitat for Humanity. Don’t forget to sign in for a tour of the home on June 27th or 28th. Link on the right.
