Weatherford Place
June 17, 2008
Weatherford Place in Roswell, GA is named after Louis Weatherford, who originally owned the property. Mr. Weatherford was a gardner and farmer who used to recycle the seeds from the vegetables, flowers, and fruit he grew. Following in this tradition the homes that will be built on the land will recycle as well. The eight houses on the 1.6 acres of land bordering Crossville Creek will be net-zero energy homes. Homes will have a price tag of around $750,000 each and have 2,500 to 3,900 square feet.
Weatherford Place is the creation of Cadmus Construction a company that is a one stop shop of architectural design, landscape, construction and development. Three business partners make up Cadmus Construction, they are; Simone du Boise, Dan Downey, and Denise Donahue.
Each home in Weatherford Place will generate more power than it needs, thus being able to be called, net-zero energy homes.
They will produce PV electricity which is sold to Georgia Power at 18 cents/kw hour and bought back off peak at 8 cents/kw hour. The homes will use two thirds less energy than a typical house.
They will feature a rain harvesting 1,880 gallon cistern placed underground to catch rainwater for irrigation. Municipal water will be used for consumption.
Lifetime Warranties on both electric and solar hot water tanks, high efficiency custom windows and doors with aluminum cladding exteriors and rich hardwood interior finishes include Zo-e-shieldT glass, the world’s best energy glass (reflects winter solar heat back into room, rejects summer sun’s heat and reduces window heat gain by 73%).
The entire community is designed to a platinum LEED level which makes it the first platinum LEED level community in the United States.
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