The Green House Exhibit at National Building Museum

Have you ever dreamed about living off the grid? Not in a creepy cultish commune kind of way, but in the "Hey, my 'green' house just got featured in Dwell" kind of way. In the "Jeez, I saw An Inconvenient Truth and want to help conserve the Earth's resources" kind of way. Yeah, me too.

Well, I found new hope for that dream last week at The Green House: New Directions in Sustainable Architecture and Design, an exhibit at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC. The Green House builds off the growing popularity of "green" and eco-friendly design, and sets out show that houses can be green and stylish at the same time. Moreover, it sets out to demonstrate green and sustainable building techniques and materials in a way that makes them easy to understand and approachable for everyday consumers.

Walking through the exhibit, I was both awed by what was possible if you decide to really "go for it" (read: money is no object), and what was do-able, if, like the rest of us, money is an object, and you'd kind of like to save yours, but still make some eco-friendly updates to your place.

The exhibit starts when you walk in the door of the Glidehouse, a highly green, pre-fab modular home designed by Northern California architect Michelle Kaufman. It includes energy efficient windows and appliances, and is furnished with eco-friendly materials, furnishings and household stuff designed to inspire and educate.

Well, I'm inspired. And educated. (At least more than I was when I started.) I'll use this week to highlight some of the coolest things I saw in The Green House exhibit, and to provide info on where you can go to check 'em out.

The Green House: New Directions in Sustainable Architecture and Design runs through June 3, 2007 at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC.

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