Seville’s Druid Hills Remodeling Project Featured in McGraw-Hill Construction Report

The award-winning Druid Hills remodeling project by Carl Seville of Seville Consulting is featured in a recent SmartMarket Report by McGraw-Hill Construction. Entitled The Green Homeowner: Attitudes & Preferences for Remodeling and Buying Green Homes”, the report features the remodeling project at the 1918 bungalow, detailing information about the house, an overview of the work, green building features and performance. The article notes that “his (Seville’s) results have been impressive, seeing utility bills lower than homes half the size, improved indoor air quality with lower levels of dust, and reduction of sound pollution.”

Seville, founder and former vice president of SawHorse Inc. of Atlanta for 25 years, enlisted the help of SawHorse with the project. Earlier this year, the Druid Hills project, which is in the historic district of the Druid Hills area of Metro Atlanta, received an Honorable Mention in the Green Remodeling, over $250,000, category of the 2007 Remodeling Design Awards, sponsored by REMODELING Magazine and Marvin Windows. Seville also received the Homes Across America Integrated Design Award for “extensive commitment to resource efficiency” for the bungalow. Homes that are designed and constructed with consideration to the interactions of each component, all-around emphasis on resource efficiency, and using a team approach are designated as an “Integrated Design”, according to a Homes Across America spokesperson. In addition, the Druid Hills home was named “Remodeled Home of the Year” at the National Association of Home Builders’ 8th Annual National Green Building Conference, was the featured showcase house at the 2005 Southern Building Show in Atlanta, and was also a finalist in the residential category of the 2006 Environmental Design and Construction Magazine Excellence in Design Awards. Also, PATH (Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing) conducted a case study on the project and published it on the Tech Practices page of its PATHnet internet site.

Seville, who lives and has his office in Decatur, operates Seville Consulting, a company with the goal of helping homeowners and building professionals create healthy, efficient, and durable buildings by incorporating sustainable practices into their homes and businesses. Recipient of the 2005 and 2007 Green Remodeling Advocate of the Year and the 2004 and 2006 National Green Building Awards for Residential Remodeling from the National Association of Home Builders, Seville has over the years earned five Excellence in Design Awards from Environmental Design and Construction Magazine, the Southface Energy Institute Award of Excellence for Environmental Stewardship, and the 2006 EarthCraft House Leadership Award. He has been featured in and writes for numerous publications, including Green Builder, HGTVPRO.com, Professional Remodeling, Qualified Remodeler, Remodeling Magazine, Atlanta Home Improvement Magazine, Smart Homeowner, and Environmental Design and Construction Magazine. More recently, Seville has been named Residential Green Building Advocate for the Atlanta chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council. In this role, Seville will work closely with local homebuilders’ associations and other green homes organizations, as well as within his own USGBC chapter, to explain and promote green home building and the LEED for Homes Program. Seville is also involved in the Sustainable Buildings Industry Council (SBIC), and in 2005, he and SawHorse received the SBIC Best Sustainable Practice Award for “Stimulating Demand through Increased Consumer Awareness”. More information about Seville Consulting can be found on the internet at www.sevilleconsulting.com.