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Pacific Luxury Living 26 | Featured Properties site specific architecture ® Lou Werner III 888.808.8522 formwerks s tudios .com I NSPIRED I SLAND A RCHITECTURE... Although any awareness and improvement of poor eco habits is a step in the right direction, the media hype and emphasis is on being green . Businesses push 10% Post-consumer recycled material or products made with minimal waste, when the true contribution is creating sustainable products. “To me, ‘green’ is a movement,” says Tim Anderson of sustainable design company, Details International. “So it is political and social by nature. It lends itself to marketing efforts and sociological labeling with moral and ethical overtones. It can also have spiritual overtones. Sustainability is a concept that reflects man’s relationship with his environment. Its discussion is often more academic in nature. ‘Green’ is the bandwagon. ‘Sustainability’ is the thoughtful foundation built on the real world dynamic between us and our environment.” Simply Sustainable Cont. Details International ~ This home, which has been called a “contemporary castle” boasts over 17,000 square feet of sustainable luxury with an exterior of rock and glass. Details International lead Glenda Anderson was involved with the project from its inception, includ- ing developing the layout, interior design, and being a consultant in the field of environmental ecological design. It’s hard to believe that a home of such enormity could be created using sus- tainable standards effectively, but many of the materials for this home were re purposed from other locations on the Islands. All the Ibeams used in the structure were recycled from other projects and 300,000 red bricks were reused from the Honolulu Bus Barn which was demo’d to build the new Honolulu Police Station. Ultimately, thirteen tons of recycled stone was used in the house and surrounding walls and five tons of concrete was recycled to provide the roadbed for the driveway and parking areas. Termite-resistant Cedar trim used throughout the house was retrieved from a warehouse where it was stored for ten years as junk planks. The home’s history is not only rooted in the past, but the future as well. The homeowners installed a mas- sive photovoltaic system, solar hot water heating, a hot water recycling system and even inter- mediary tankless water heaters designed to effectively conserve water and energy. To encourage other homeowners to take the same recycled approach, the owner has worked with the city of Honolulu to start the only solid waste transfer facility that repurposes building materials from all over the island and offers them to contractors and builders for their use.