SUSTAINABLE GREEN BUILDING . RESIDENTIAL . COMMERCIAL

A Sarasota builder did not set out to build the greenest house in the state when it was hired by a Siesta Key woman for an extensive remodeling project. It just worked out that way. MyGreenBuildings, which already had built the state's second-greenest house, according to the Florida Green Building Coalition, two years ago, took the top spot with a house that company co-founder Steve Ellis calls "Siesta Key Zen."  He tries to dispel the "myth" that a green house has to look industrial. "This is more of a 'Sax Fifth Avenue' green home, as she referred to it," said Ellis. "This is what I think people are looking for. They don't want to give up high style. Not only did we manage to create a really beautiful structure, but we did it all the way green. There is something to be said for that."

Herald Tribune - February 2009

 

MyGreenBuildings is a Sarasota Builder focused on building a new breed of luxury,
high performance homes and commercial structures.

MyGreenBuildings is a trusted, award-winning, certified general contractor focusing on green building for residential and light commercial construction. The co-owners of the company are both LEED accredited professionals.  The company is committed to providing high-performance, high-quality sustainable construction using socially responsible practices that offer clients the opportunity to have what they want without sacrificing the environment to get it. 

5th fastest growing company in the Region - Gulf Coast Buisness Review 500

MyGreenBuildings ranks as the 5th Fastest Growing company on the Gulf Coast of Florida from Tampa to Naples, according to the Gulf Coast Business Review 500.  “Finding ourselves on the top of the list as a builder in this economy says a lot about how our company is being perceived in the marketplace and about how High Performance Building has become so important to people building new homes and/or renovating older homes”, says Steve Ellis, CEO.

MyGreenBuildings has become a leader in green building over the last 3 years, earning local, regional and national awards for their work along the way.  The company has been selected for some high profile luxury beachfront homes that are scheduled to become the first LEED for Homes® (as rated by the US Green Building Council) on Siesta Key and Casey Key Beaches. 

“The breadth and scope of our company’s experience is best represented in the kind of work we are being called on to perform”, says Ellis.  “For instance, last month we were selected to  perform the careful restoration of a 6,000 square foot Carl Abbott designed home in the Hidden Forest subdivision of Sarasota; we began a design-build of a registered historic home addition to a Thomas Reed Martin designed bungalow in Nokomis; we completed the first phase of construction of an ultra modern 5,000 square foot home made of commercial grade concrete beams and glass set in a 2 Acre live oak hammock along Philippi Creek, and we were awarded two additional medical office build-outs.” 

You can support the environment and have the luxury what you want!

MyGreenBuildings performs at the highest degree of quality throughout each phase of the building process with only the very best trades and subcontractors.  “We are proud to break the old paradigms of building and manage our work in a way that is transparent to all parties involved in each project,” Says Ellis.  “We thrive at performing skillfully managed work under the watchful eye of not only our discerning clients -- but also the entire collaborative production team -- which in our business model includes the client, the architect, engineers, green consultant, home energy raters, third-party certifiers along with the usual inspectors, and governmental bodies including Federal, State and local officials.”

"Quality vs. Quantity" in Luxury Custom Home Construction

We believe that high-performance luxury homes, built with extraordinary quality and design, built to a scale that relates more compatibly with lot size -- are more sought-after now than ever.  As forward thinking architectural magazines like Dwell are featuring, intelligent, higher performance buildings, with a higher level of craftsman quality is where the luxury custom home building industry must operate if they are to attract the new breed of discerning and educated custom home buyers.  At MyGreenBuildings, we pride ourselves on providing unique, custom quality finishes that are also healthy for the inhabitants.  We obtain the level of finish required by the client through clear up front communication, superior project planning and organization, onsite management, and knowing the difference between what an "A" trade can accomplish, and what a "B" trade is capable of providing.

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Steve Ellis & Grant Castilow, Principals