Before I talk about this amazing green home, I wanted to let you all know that The Green Car Company will be at Whole Foods at their downtown Seattle store tomorrow June 19 from 10am to 3pm. You’ll be able to get a good look at the A2B Electric Bike and talk to a couple experts about them!

Image from 100khouse.com

New home uses 50% less energy, 50% less water, is LEED Platinum Certified, and can be built for just $100,000! SOLD!

The 100K House is a project by Postgreen, a real estate development firm in Philadelphia that focuses on green and affordable buildings. When they say “green” or “affordable,” they mean it. Take a look at the 100K House, which is nearing completion.

First of all, the house is on pace to achieve LEED Platinum certification. (The wiki page makes it a little easier to understand.) Because of it’s incredible design, this home will be able to significantly decrease energy and water requirements.

Perhaps most impressive of all is that, like the name says, the house can be built for $100,000 in supply and labor costs.

The people behind the 100K House have a completely different vision for the future of housing. While still being a for-profit business, they put sustainability and affordability at the top of their priorities. Their 100k House project has an impressive goal in mind as well:

The basic concept of the 100K House is to offer an affordable home that places a high priority on quality, design, energy efficiency, health and sustainability rather than “bells & whistles” that can drive the price of new construction out of reach from the majority of home buyers.

Postgreen has plans to make the house plans available outside of Philadelphia, but that could be a while. Right now, they’re proving that housing doesn’t need to cause a global crisis, but it can help us fight the climate crisis!