The house was also designed to consume minimalenergy and incorporates a number environmentally friendly features, including geothermal heating and cooling and recycled tile floors and countertops.
The couples agreed it should be a "green living compound, " Mr. Allen says, within walking distance of town and with minimal use of energy and resources.
In order for the integration of wind energy to effectively occur with minimal disruption, a number of existing tools must continue to be used, while new ones are developed.