A site about Green Building Projects, Tips & Tricks, and Ideas for Sustainable Improvements.

    Discover practical, design-forward ways to green your home, small business, or development project—whether you’re making a simple upgrade, planning a renovation or addition, or building from the ground up. Explore categories focused on water and energy efficiency, waste reduction, improved indoor air quality, sustainable landscaping, and best-practice strategies to help future-proof your project.

    Written and orchestrated by Sebastian Eilert, AIA
    Principal of Sebastian Eilert Architecture.

    • ICF – insulated Concrete Form roofs for South Florida and beyond

      South Florida remains a testing ground for extreme weather when it comes to the building industry. Despite increasing challenges for the future in regard to sea water rise, hurricanes have been the main cause for much damage and subsequent regulations and building code upgrades in the region. Many of these requirements have influenced codes and…

    • Container home concept for South Florida

      Container homes are becoming an increasingly interesting living alternative. The creative adaptation and reuse of containers are by no means a new concept, but have found recent revival with the growing of the Micro-Living concept.  Containers are limited in size, but do offer a great basic grid to work from, especially when combining multiple containers…

    • Cutler Bay addition taking shape – design by S.E.A. 

      This compact in law suite is a single story addition to an existing two-story house. The space features a sitting area and a sleeping area along with a new fully ADA accessible bathroom, closet, AC, laundry stack and kitchenette.     Interior framing underway…  Bedroom side…   Shell is complete, windows are in, roof is inspected. 

    • Coral Gables addition and renovation underway…

      This is probably the modest addition we currently have underway in the City of Coral Gables. It will create an amazing space to the rear of the house. The addition consists of a new master suite and covered terrace to the rear and improved space with new AC on the interior. The complexity of any…

    • How to design a sustainable world – discovering value

      Building the future: how an architect designs a sustainable world   Sustainability means taking care of our environment—for the sake of the world that we live in. And it also means developing something that is relevant in the future. Architects like Sebastian Eilert and his team shape our world with sustainable solutions. What do creatives…

    • Sebastian Eilert receives badge as USGBC Pro Reviewer

      …happy to do my part. USGBC Education Pro Reviewer badge!

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