The Montana Radio Company and Sustainable Building System’s have teamed up to bring Cool Green Home to Missoula, where over $135,000 in home renovations will be given to a few lucky Missoula homeowners.
The project was started with a simple idea, take an existing Missoula home and create a “showcase” for energy-efficient and sustainable products offered by local businesses. It has gained so much attraction that 24 area businesses have partnered with us on this unprecedented project, and each will contribute in their area of expertise.
Our goal is to show our community that sustainable and green homes are not only good for our planet but good for our bank accounts, and with planning, big improvements can be made with modest steps. We intend on setting an example as to what a sustainable green home could look like. We don’t intend on building one from ground level but getting an existing home started on the path to green. We will start the home remodel by completing an energy audit of the home to identify the best places to improve the energy efficiency. For the next year we will continue to monitor the Cool Green Home and track how much money the family saved in energy costs and how their lives improved.
We received over 180 applications from Missoula-area homeowners and paired them down to a set of 10. From here the winners were chosen. Congratulations to our winning homes:
- Elke Govertsen & Paul Donaldson
- Jana & Chuck Doyle
- Ross & Norma Nickerson
- James Dodge & Jenny Daniel
- Paula Raines & Michael Hoffer
Keep checking here and at www.CoolGreenHomeMissoula.com for updates and information on the progression at these five homes. And if you entered and were not a winner, do not fret, there are great tips and DIY projects associated with this year’s projects and we’re already looking to 2011 for another round.