Florida builder goes green in a big, big way, designing a luxury mansion that’s eco-friendly
With an asking price of $29 million, the 15,000-square-foot seaside mansion real estate “artist” Frank McKinney is building south of Palm Beach will have every luxury imaginable.
And a projected utility bill of $800 a month.
The bargain bill — typically, it would be $4,500 — will largely come courtesy of a $200,000 array of solar panels on the roof of what McKinney says will be the biggest certified “green” mansion in the world.
To build Acqua Liana — “water flower” in Tahitian — no rain forest will be cut. Few chemical vapors will foul the air. Construction debris will be recycled. And every drop of rainwater that falls on the cedar roof will be reused.