The World’s Greenest Building Launches Group on Facebook

May 19, 2009 - PRLog -- Independence Station is pleased to announce the launch of a new Facebook group titled Fans of the World’s Greenest Building. Facebook is one of the most popular social networking sites on the Internet and The World’s Greenest Building’s Facebook group will be a great tool for future residents to connect with the builders and developers, as well as other potential homeowners, in an innovative and unique way. The group will also serve as a customer service tool for the innovative building, offering the ability potential residents to post comments, photos, links and other information about life at Independence Station.

Anyone interested in learning more about this extraordinary green built project can find a plethora of information through the Facebook group ( http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=64025950201&ref=ts ). They can view pictures of the construction of the building as well as renderings of what the finished project will look like. It’s a great way to stay up-to-date with the progress of Independence Station. Join the group, invite others to join and join the conversations in order to help spread the word about this revolutionary building in Independence, OR.

The one- and two-bedroom condominiums in Independence Station range in size from 600 to 1,660 square feet and in price from the $300,000s into the $600,000s. As part of the World’s Greenest Building, homeowners will enjoy many environment-saving benefits throughout the building such as radiant floor heating and cooling, displacement ventilation, solar water heating, day lighting design, an ice-based cooling storage system, water-based ground source heat pump, extensive use of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and electric cars, just to name a few. During sunny months, their homes will rely primarily on solar energy collected in a unique 120-kilowatt installation of photovoltaic panels. In cooler, cloudier months, energy will additionally be generated, stored and managed through a biofuel cogeneration and thermal storage system. The system’s backups? A retired tugboat engine affectionately named Mabel, which runs on waste vegetable oil from local restaurants and a massive battery bank.

Independence Station – The World’s Greenest Building, an Aldeia, LLC community, is on track to earn the world’s highest LEED rating when it is completed in 2010. Located in the historic pioneer town of Independence, OR, the building will obtain its energy primarily from the sun and vegetable oil with leftover energy going to the local utility to show how the new Smart Grid technologies can help solve National Energy Security challenges. A $15 million, 57,000-square-foot project, Independence Station will host real and virtual offices, a restaurant, an Internet café, a green data storage facility, research facilities and classroom space. In addition, 15 21st century Oregon Trail pioneers will make their homes in the building’s one- and two-bedroom condominiums, providing published open source energy consumption data for all to study to set new benchmarks for responsible energy consumption in daily living. For more information or to set up a tour of Independence Station, an Aldeia, LLC, community, visit http://www.worldsgreenestbuilding.com.