GARDEN ATRIUMS: A MODEL FOR SUSTAINABLE BULDING.

The article features the Garden Atrium sustainable housing project in Virginia. It states that the project uses a net-zero approach, indicating that it has net consumption of heating, cooling, power, and water using alternative energy methods such as passive solar heating and photovoltaic power. It indicates that the project did not use materials that contain any volatile chemicals that can be released into the air over long periods of time. It shows that all rooms in the one-story house open onto the atrium.