Todd Durham: We at Meridian have already built one of the first structurally insulated panel homes in Northern California, about five years ago. And since then it is, you know, green building is getting more popular. A lot of our clients are asking for hydronic heating.

Robin Wilson: Which is something we have done for years and almost all of our houses we have used radiant heat. We have installed solar panels. We have installed many different systems but this is the first all-in-one. Some of the things we have not done is the rainwater catchment system. This will be the second one in San Francisco.

Todd Durham: The first permitted full gray-water system.

Robin Wilson: So the rainwater catchment system, what is going to happen is that our rainwater is going to be all collected in cisterns that are stored in the ground, the cisterns then pumps water into our showers, our toilets--all of our water except for our potable water, which is the drinking water--to laundry, and then in turn, that water goes to something called the gray-water system, which are other tanks that then go to feed our irrigation. So our water is completely recycled and it is kind of recycled twice.

Todd Durham: It is great. I think it is something that is really going to set us in Meridian apart from the competition.

Robin Wilson: Well, it is definitely becoming the wave of the future and it is something that a lot of companies are going toward and we have the unique opportunity to be able to actually use all these systems and have experience with them.

Todd Durham: It is more of an ethics-belief system before it really became a business decision. You know, Robin and I are both concerned about the environment, first and foremost, and we are trying to not only just change our construction practices but also, you know, have a completely sustainable business practice so it is definitely something that is first and foremost on our minds each and every day.