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title: Ann Arbor’s MLive Covers Future-Ready Green Home
description: Meadowlark's recently finished ultra-efficient home was featured by Ann Arbor's MLive. Read about the cutting-edge green technology of the home here.
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# [Ann Arbor’s MLive Covers Future-Ready Green Home](https://www.meadowlarkbuilders.com/blog/ann-arbors-mlive-covers-future-ready-deep-green-home-gut-remodel)

 Written by [Meadowlark Design+Build](https://www.meadowlarkbuilders.com/blog/author/meadowlark-builders) | Sep 15, 2014

Lizzy Alfs’s [*MLive* article](https://www.mlive.com/business/ann-arbor/2014/09/lower_burns_park_rental_house.html), “Lower Burns Park house converted to deep green single-family home,” showcases Meadowlark’s recently finished gut/rehab project. The ultra-resource efficient home, aptly named the Pushing the Envelope house, is future ready and full of cutting edge green technology that will allow its owners to age in place and get as close to net-zero as possible.<https://www.meadowlarkbuilders.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Exterior-1-copy-1.jpg>

The result was worth the work: Meadowlark CEO Doug Selby estimates a monthly energy bill of around $50 for the entire home.

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