HARDEEVILLE, S.C. (March 25, 2008) – Nearly 500 visitors from as far away as Chicago and Boston toured the first HGTV Green Home at Tradition Hilton Head on Monday and Tuesday.
“We are excited about the start of public tours,” said Martin Sauls IV, Public Relations Director for Tradition Hilton Head. “The initial day was fantastic. Visitors were impressed with the HGTV Green Home, as well as our new
Melanie Coffman and her daughter Kristen Bronke vacationing on Hilton Head Island from Chicago were the first to tour visitors to step onto the veranda of the Lowcountry-style home which has achieved the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED Gold certification.
“This tour is a great opportunity to learn about green building and interior design and lifestyles that help protect the environment,” said Bronke, a high school teacher. “We definitely will be entering to win the home.”
United Way of the Lowcountry is the charitable recipient of proceeds from the HGTV Green Home public tours, and local
On Monday, volunteers from
With Melanie Coffman and Kristen Bronke in the first group to tour the HGTV Green Home Monday morning were David and Cathie Townsend of
By the end of the first day Sauls reported that nearly 300 visitors had toured the home which features cutting-edge environmental design and construction, energy- and water-saving appliances and technology, recycled materials, solar panels on the roof, high-efficiency air filters, on-demand hot water, state-of-the-art insulation, pervious pavers, and native, non-intrusive plantings, all of which Tradition Hilton Head’s preferred builders can incorporate into your new home construction.
Visitors also are invited to walk through the region’s first-ever Green Preview Center located next to Tradition Hilton Head’s
For more information on the HGTV Green Home and to enter for a chance to win visit www.HGTV.com/greenhome.
Tradition Hilton Head -- Located in between historic
Core Communities -- An award-winning developer of the St. Lucie West and Tradition communities in
Media contact: Martin Sauls, Public Relations Director
Tradition Hilton Head
(843) 208-5300 office / (843) 338-5509 cell