From the outside, the home that Kelly Moore is building looks like many other new homes in Moscow's Frontier Addition, with two stories, three-car garage, and lots of windows. But this house, like others Moore has built in Moscow, is different in a key way: It's "green" from the R50 insulation in the roof down to the hydronic heat system in the floors. For his earth-friendly building philosophy and practices, Kelly Moore Construction has received for the second consecutive year the Sustainable Building Award from the city of Moscow, whose Green Building Program is the first in Idaho. Moore built the state's first certified green-built house last year, and this year he has the home, at 1933 Fletcher Drive, nearly completed and a duplex under way.
