Lunch & Learn: Case Study - Mixed Income Solar Powered Community

green|spaces’mission is to work towards regional sustainability by progressing the way we live, work and build.

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Join green|spaces, Glass House Collective and Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprise for a very special lunch & learn! Matt Grocoff is the founding principal of the THRIVE Collaborative and considered one of the world’s net zero energy building leaders. Green Building Elements magazine called him the “proven Zero Energy Master” and MyFord Magazine one of “Greater Detroit’s most progressive personalities.” With the Biomimicry Institute he’s worked with Ford Motor Company, Procter & Gamble and Bosch to instill cultures of biologically-inspired design and engineering. He’s an adviser to the University of Michigan College of Engineering, BLUElab. His 116-year- old Ann Arbor home was the world’s first home in a cold climate to achieve Net Zero Energy Certification. Matt’s is an internationally sought- after speaker, a frequent source for journalists and a leading advocate on the topic of regenerative systems design. His work has been featured in five books and dozens magazines. 
Matt will be discussing his proposal via skype for a solar-powered, mixed-income cottage community next to County Farm Park in Ann Arbor, Michigan which will including 125 to 150 new homes both affordable housing and market-rate. The development will also feature food production with at least 30% of the landscaping to be edible. 
It's a collaboration between several partners, including Ann Arbor-based nonprofit affordable housing provider Avalon Housing, Habitat for Humanity, Jonna Luxury Homes, Union Studio, SmithGroupJJR and Biohabitats.

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