The Commons is designed to reach beyond today’s highest green building standards and become the first U.S. home to meet the Living Building Challenge. The Commons will generate all its own energy - without fossil fuels, reclaim all its water, be free of unhealthy materials and be a place of beauty and community. We are Garrett and Dustin Moon, two brothers from Portland, Oregon, and we want to share the experience of building The Commons as well as the lessons we learn along the way.
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In The News
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What People Are Saying
- “I truly believe that Dustin and Garrett's project represents everything that is right in contemporary home design. Their knowledge of the green lexicon is surpassed only by their desire to implement it.”
- “This project is a bold undertaking and it's absolutely necessary. Right now, we are at a point of crisis with global warming. We absolutely need fresh bold solutions that are far above and beyond the steps we've taken so far. These guys are taking existing advanced green building techniques and tying them together into a revolutionary design and modeling the kind of building we will need in the future. Their work is inspiring because they are doing the hard work and heavy lifting to make it easier for everybody else. They're pioneers.”
- “I absolutely love Dustin and Garrett's chutzpah making a do-it-yourself project into one of the nation's most sustainable homes, all on a tiny budget and lots of their own sweat.”
- “Everybody will benefit from their success. Right now, we're at a point of crisis globally and we absolutely need fresh bold solutions that are far above and beyond the steps we've taken so far. These guys have a unique capacity to inspire people with a bold vision and the passion to make it happen. When they finish this house it'll be absolutely unique. It may not be perfect but it will inspire builders and homeowners and it is the kind of home we will need in the future. Their work is absolutely critical.”
