Discovery Planet Green Features an Austin Home Owner's Five-Star Green Home in East Austin

Greenovate TV series episode shows how easy it is to build a green home on a limited budget

Austin makes national headlines yet again as the nation's leader in green building. Beginning August 22 and replaying throughout the fall, the Greenovate TV series will air an episode about an east Austin home that's one of the most energy-efficient homes in America today. Read more in the press release.

• Austin Energy Green Building Program
• The Bioloom
• The Cabinet Shop
• Termimesh
• BioBased Insulation
• Air-Temp of Austin
• Rocha III Contractors
• Huber Engineered Woods
• Don Young Co.
• Town & Country Electric
• Minyard Services
• Green Earth Engineering
• W. R. Construction
• Capco, Inc.
• Renegade Drywall
• Overhead Door Co. of Austin
• Wise Energy
• Stock Building Supply
• Clarke Kent Plumbing
• Noritz
• Hill Country Natives

Special thanks to the kids from the Central Texas 4H Robotics Club and the Pioneer Farms 4H Club. As a service project, they researched and designed a backyard xeriscape and presented their plan to the homeowner. They cleared the property and we mulched the trimmings, and they planted Texas-hardy trees and shrubs that will attract butterflies and other wildlife. The participants were Alec Bainter, Hallie Casey, Joanna Casey, Matthew Evans, Stephen Young, and Sarah Young.