Green Door Design Moves to Eco Industrial Park
For Immediate Release
Green Door Design/Build Takes up Residence at Eco Industrial Park
April 12, 2010
Contact Information: Jeff Gannon 919-842-2304
Pittsboro, North Carolina; Piedmont Biofuels announced today that Green Door Design/Build has set up operations at its Eco-Industrial Park.
Green Door is an innovative design-build firm owned by Jeff Gannon and Molly Luby that runs a staff of builders and contractors and has targeted the emerging market for truly “Green Buildings.”
The Abundance Foundation's "Office of the Future" was built by Green Door Design
Their first contact with the Eco Industrial Park came when they built a “sleep shack” for Piedmont Biofarm. That project expanded to become “The Office of the Future” which is now home to the Abundance Foundation. “Renewable energy is a core part of our mission,” said Tami Schwerin, Executive Director of Abundance, “So it made sense for us to contract with Green Door.”
The office was built predominately with materials from within 30 miles of Pittsboro, with some of the lumber milled from trees that came from the Eco Park itself. Solar panels provide enough electricity to power office operations, and the building is heated by a solar wall. Free tours of the Eco-Park are offered every Sunday at 1:00, and the Office of the Future is a popular attraction. It has also been toured by participants in Central Carolina Community College’s “Green Building” program.
“We are delighted to be here,” said Molly Luby. “Our operations outgrew our home space in no time at all.”
Green door design mixes innovative green technologies with local and reclaimed materials to create inventive and affordable residential, commercial, and public spaces.
Piedmont’s President, Lyle Estill, welcomed Green Door to the “family of companies” at the Eco-Industrial Park. “Everyone here is working on devising a low carbon future for North Carolina, and we find Green Door’s approach to building to be aligned with our endeavors,” Estill said.
