As World's Greenest Building Goes Up, NatureMill Prepares to Move in

PRLog (Press Release) - Jul 01, 2009 -
Independence, OR – Through a partnership between Independence Station developer Aldeia, LLC, and NatureMill, Inc., the 15 21st century Oregon Trail pioneers who make their homes in the World’s Greenest Building will recycle more than 10 tons of residential food waste into rich compost each year for use in local gardens for food production. They’ll do it from the convenience of their own kitchens with the help of the world’s first automatic indoor home composter.

“As a partner in Independence Station, NatureMill will feature their products in the homes of the 15 21st pioneers who choose to see just how efficiently they can live,” says Steven Ribeiro of Aldeia, LLC. “NatureMill composters will be among the many technological innovations viewed by tourists and visitors to the building, serving as a fine example of a simple, low cost green idea anyone can use at home.”

Ribeiro plans to have the compact NatureMill automatic composters be part of each kitchen in Independence Station’s 15 distinctive one- and two-bedroom condominiums. Residents will simply deposit daily food scraps into the top of the composter and begin removing rich compost within just two odor-free weeks. With the ability to compost 120 pounds of food scraps each month, NatureMill composters could keep up to 10.5 tons of residents’ food scraps out of landfills each year. They will only use a token amount of the building’s solar and vegetable oil-generated power.

About NatureMill, Inc.:
Founded in 2004 in San Francisco, NatureMill, Inc. is devoted to making compost easy and accessible to everyone. NatureMill composters have been sold in 27 counties and are busy diverting 4,000 tons of waste from landfills worldwide. More information about NatureMill, Inc. can be found at http://www.naturemill.com.

About the World’s Greenest Building:
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, residential units, 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, with the goal of living well on just 17% of the total lifestyle energy that the average American now consumes. This collected data will be published on an open source basis 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.  Become a FaceBook Fan of the World’s Greenest Building at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=64025950201&ref=ts.