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Wellscapes
HEALTHFUL LIGHTING | AIR | WATER | SOUNDS | ECOSYSTEMS
Calif. Net Zero
Carbon Home
Includes First
'Healthy Kitchens'
A pair of Beko Healthy Kitchens featuring
eco-friendly, sustainable products
and technologies, plus extensive
Savant automation highlight gaming
executive's residence.
By Arlen Schweiger
AS CHIEF strategy officer
for Super League Gaming,
Michael Wann spends most
of his days building games
and open-world gaming
platforms that empower
game developers, players
and fans to rock the
metaverse. Beyond the virtual
world, he is passionate
about making sustainable
living a reality for his wife
and two kids.
For his latest venture, the
design and construction
of the most accessible net
zero carbon home, Wann is
scoring points with a collaboration
that can excite wellness
technology providers,
systems integrators, kitchen
& bath designers, and
eco-conscious homeowners.
" We can only realistically
reduce our collective carbon
footprint and become a
sustainable society if we
succeed at building truly
sustainable homes - so the
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challenge becomes making
sustainable design and
construction attainable to
all, " says Wann. " Clearly, the
stakes are high. I'm creating
my eco-friendly dream
home to show the world
that net zero carbon living
can be accessible, easy and
surprisingly affordable. "
Wann recruited leading
sustainable brands
to contribute their most
advanced, environmentally
friendly products that are
readily available - including
Savant Systems and its GE
Lighting brand.
As part of the effort,
an agreement with Beko
Home Appliances to create
the world's first two Beko
Healthy Kitchens in Wann's
residence will highlight the
brand's sustainability initiative
that seeks to replace
the reputation of the kitchen
from top energy offender
to the center of a healthier,
Beko announced its Healthy Kitchen initiative last year,
featuring its produce lifespan enhancing HarvestFresh tech.
more eco-friendly lifestyle.
Wann, a successful leader
behind multiple tech and
entertainment brands
(including Tastemade,
Fullscreen, Mobcrush), is
building the 4,300-squarefoot,
three-level home in
the Sunset Park neighborhood
of Santa Monica, Calif.,
with his wife, Tara. It will
double as both a personal
residence and a working
showcase of the latest
sustainable design and construction
products, practices
and trends. He started
construction with general
contractor Kosta Saridakis
of KLM Development in
May 2021 and anticipated a
January 2023 move-in.
A floorplan by Vaishali
Makim, AIA, principal of
Makim Architecture of
Santa Monica, calls for
sweeping, light-filled open
spaces, four bedrooms,
and four bathrooms, dual
kitchens, separate family,
living, entertainment and
formal dining rooms, gym
and climate-controlled wine
and cheese room.
Net Zero Home
Has 2 Kitchens
For the Beko Healthy Kitchens,
Beko is donating 16 of
its latest, most tech-advanced
cooking, cooling
and cleaning appliances
featuring the Environmental
Protection Agency's highest
ENERGY STAR ratings for
electrical efficiency plus
proprietary technologies
designed to provide tangible
health, wellness and sustainability
benefits.
The two custom kitchens
include a 145-square-foot
downstairs chef's kitchen
and 152-square-foot openfloor-plan
family kitchen
in the same vertical space.
Announced by company
president Zach Elkin last
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