Tom Black, president of Eco Plus Group USA, tells the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: “It is hard to find a company that could make everything and would stay in business.” He adds: "There are a lot of good technologies, but some are hard to live with. This is what we have put together and we are still perfecting it."


In addition to the various Bosch products, the country farmhouse-inspired home features WaterSense-qualified Toto plumbing and fixtures and FSC-certified engineered hardwood flooring from USFloors. The home itself was built by McKinney Custom Home Builders and interiors were overseen by Jill Sharp Brinson of Ballard Designs (the SereneGreenGa blog has some nice interior shots of the home).


Although the AJC points out that this is the first Bosch Net Zero Home to be built in the U.S. —a similar pilot home was completed by EcoPlusHome in New Brunswick, Canada, in 2008 and inhabited by a guinea pig family from 2009 to 2010 —the article later goes on to state that EcoPlusHome has already built over 20 Bosch Net Zero Homes in North America, including six in Georgia. Huh? Did I miss something? So this isn't the first Bosch Net Zero home in the U.S.?


The Bosch Zero Energy Home at Serenbe will be open for public tours through July (Fridays through Sundays from 11 am to 7 pm). After that, the home's new owners will move in and the public tours will cease ... but Bosch doesn't plan on going anywhere. Serenbe will be the site of the first-of-its-kind Bosch Experience Center, a space “designed to showcase the full-line of Bosch energy efficient, sustainable home solutions.” The center is expected to open in the coming months and will certainly be an interesting addition to the existing roster of Serenbe businesses and services which are heavily artsy/artisanal/agrarian in nature (think acupuncture studios, handicraft boutiques, and general stores featuring edibles from local farmers). Come for the 25-acre organic farm, stay for the EnergyStar dishwashers, I guess.


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