The Project

In 2013, my wife and I set out on a journey to build a unique house in California’s beautiful Bay Area. We have since relocated to Seattle WA area to build our dream home. While in the Bay Area, we discovered the steel from the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge was being dismantled, and the steel was being sold off to China. Passionate about this important piece of history, we started a website and project called “Bay Bridge House.” It became our mission to make a conscious effort to save up to 1% of the steel for a self-sustainable housing building project. BBH was internationally accepted by the architecture community and the story of the project can be found here. This positive response led us to the idea of the Eco Industrial. Our goal is to build a house utilizing only locally-sourced industrial recyclables, and construction demolition waste, built with commercial building techniques.

Eco Industrial.House

After looking at dozens of new homes, we found almost all of the developers were building essentially the same style ‘box’ house, with only the interior amenities varying in quality and color. We knew we definitely did not want to live in just another box. As you can see by the images on this site and blog, utilizing green building systems and recycled materials does not mean it has to look like the original materials. Luxurious, artistic and epic living spaces can be created for the same cost as a traditional frame building. By using prefabrication methods and locally-sourced materials, the build time and costs can lead to a whopping 30-40% in savings compared to using traditional building methods. These savings can then be put back into quality amenities in the building, enabling a final price that is approximately the same cost of a traditional house, based on square footage. On the cutting edge of sustainability, our net positive house will meet or exceed 2019 Zero Net Energy (ZNE) requirements and be LEED Zero, Passive House, Built Green and Living Building Challenge certifiable. It will be built to last for centuries, utilizing the latest solar power, passive HVAC, atmospheric water generation and in-house food growing solutions, making it a truly sustainable home. This unique home will also be fire resistant, impervious to termites and, if configured correctly, earthquake resistant as well.

Recycle & Reuse

EI.house project is rethinking how we live with our planet’s dwindling resources. Our mission is to show how these materials can be reused in an artistic and luxurious way, while still remaining eco-friendly. While our resources are limited, most of the following industrial and commercial materials can all be found locally to build highly efficient, ultra modern and luxurious homes: Scrap and surplus materials, Demolition and deconstruction materials, Leftover building materials and so much more. Our EI homes don’t have to resemble the original material, but it can certainly be reconfigured into something stunningly beautiful, creative and innovative.