On January 28th, some of East Cooper Habitat's biggest supporters gathered to participate in the ground breaking for the first Net Zero Energy Habitat House in Mount Pleasant. This energy producing, energy efficient house will be able to produce as much energy as it consumes. The East Cooper Breakfast Rotary along with the Building Enclosure Council have taken the reins on this project and gathered support from many businesses in the area.
Wayne Cassaday, former Rotary President, opened the ground breaking with a prayer and then talked about how the idea for a Net Zero Energy House first began. Charles Muldrow, Rotary member and architect of the Net Zero Home, explained the overall design and the challenges he faced in designing a fully sustainable air tight structure. Next, Bob Hervey, Executive Director of East Cooper Habitat for Humanity, thanked the community for their support of this project and recognized members of the East Cooper Habitat staff, regular volunteers, along with other big Habitat supporters. Mayor Billy Swails pledged the support of the Town of Mount Pleasant on this project and other affordable housing projects in the area. Finally, the donors and sponsors for this project were called forward to take the first scoops of soil out of the foundation.
This is an exciting time for East Cooper Habitat. We are very appreciative of all the support we have received and look forward to completing a very special home for a hardworking, low-income family..
Former Rotary President, Wayne Cassaday
Architect and Rotary Member, Charles Muldrow
Executive of East Cooper Habitat, Bob Hervey
Supporters
Mayor Billy Swails
Donors are the first to dig the foundation
A Big Thank You to all of our Donors:
BRONZE
ADC Engineering – Site Planning / Civil Engineering - Warren Pruitt
Anchor Sign
Applied Building Sciences – ABS – Whitney Ocon, Scott Harvey
Bariod - Grout and Drilling Fluids.
Leigh Burke
CSI Charleston
MECA Engineering
Morelli Heating and Air - Tony Morelli
Wayne Pannullo
RenewAire, Epting Distributors, Mid South Marketing – ERV.
RMF Engineering
Square D
Schuchart Contracting
Thomas & Hutton Engineering
Valspar
Yale Locks
SILVER
AIA Charleston & CRAN (Custom Residential Architect Network)
Chapman Company
Cox Industries
Fair Consulting – Nina Fair, AIA, CCS, LEED AP
Ferguson Enterprises
Knights of Columbus, Rev. P. N. Lynch Council #704 - Paul Setti
Liollio Architects
Meadors Construction
South Carolina Ground Water Association
South Carolina Native Plant Society - Pat Campbell
WCA – Waterproofing Contractors Association -- Jim Smith
Whole Building Systems, LLC – Dennis Knight, P.E., LEED AP
GOLD
AirTight Spray Foam
Anderson Wells – Andy Anderson Geothermal Well Installation
Burke Services, Inc. – David Vroblesky HVAC & ERV Installation & Ductwork.
Coastal Geo Exchange – ClimateMaster Geothermal Accessories
CPI – Grae Rambo Plumbing Install
Curry Engineering – Paul Curry Structural Engineering
Don Easson PE LLC, - Geothermal HVAC System Engineering.
Fisher Recycling – Recycled Glass Countertop, Pervious
sidewalk
Global Building Solutions – Matthew Beam SIPS Panels
Henry Building Envelope Products Drew Buchanan
James Hardie Products Scott Murphy
IMETCO - Metal Roof Materials
JM Pleasants – ClimateMaster Geothermal Heat Pump
Low Country Case and Millwork – Robert Stasiukaitis, Dave Comer
Muhler Company – Henry Hay Solar Water Install
One Zone Solutions – Jeff Beck – Energy Monitoring Dashboard
Pella Windows - Darren Getty Windows
Sea Island Habitat for Humanity-Greg Thomas
Seacoast Church-Pastor Josh Surratt & Pastor Jason Surratt
Southern Lumber – Will Albrecht
Stubbs Muldrow Herin architects – Judy Dixon, Jeff Johnston
TREMCO – Metal Roof Installation – Philip Harper, RT Gardner
Velux - Solar Water Heating Systems – Paul Johnson, Cleve Henderson
