The goal of this project was to design and construct a highly efficient home that would employ passive and active strategies to significantly reduce, energy, water, and resource consumption all while delivering a modern, comfortable and livable home for a young family of six. The houses consumes 65% less electricity than state standards and 55% less water than homes of comparable size without sacrificing comfort or aesthetics, this was important to dispel the common misperception that efficiency and conservation has to look ”hippie” or alternative.