Green Lantern is an eco friendly house designed by San Antonio-based John Grable Architects.

绿色灯笼是以圣安东尼奥为基础的约翰格拉布尔建筑师设计的生态友好之家。

Description by John Grable Architects: Sited on a corner lot of the Alamo Heights neighborhood, overlooking the Olmos Basin with views of downtown, this innovative single family residence was built upon the architect and client’s mutual respect for the environment. With the foundation of sustainability as a responsible and moral obligation of built form, the challenge was to balance innovative sustainable technologies with time honored techniques while also drawing from and integrating with the historic context of the neighborhood. The single story bedroom portions of the original 1948 ranch style home remained and were encapsulated with new one and two story public space additions.

约翰·格莱博建筑师的描述：坐落在阿拉莫高地社区的一个角落，俯瞰奥莫斯盆地，可以看到市中心的景色，这座创新的单户住宅是建立在建筑师和客户对环境的相互尊重的基础上的。在可持续性作为一种负责任的道德义务的基础上，我们面临的挑战是如何在创新的可持续技术与历史悠久的技术之间取得平衡，同时借鉴和融入社区的历史背景。单层卧室的部分原始1948年牧场风格的住宅仍然存在，并封装了新的一层和两层的公共空间增加。

While the project incorporates systems such as photovoltaic panels, a green roof system, grey-water harvesting, and LED lighting; there was also an effort to reduce impact through careful planning and consideration of the site and its surroundings. The new construction was designed to re-use the existing foundation, and wood from the previous structure was recycled and re-used. Passive systems such as arbors and overhang structures were implemented to produce shading and reduce solar gain, while the entire project was sited to protect the number of existing heritage oak trees found throughout the site during construction.

虽然该项目包括光伏电池板、绿色屋顶系统、灰色集水系统和LED照明等系统，但通过仔细规划和考虑场地及其周围环境，也做出了减少影响的努力。新建筑的设计是为了重新利用现有的地基，以前的结构中的木材被回收再利用。采用被动系统，如乔木和悬空结构，以产生遮阳和减少太阳增益，而整个项目是为了保护现有的遗产橡树在施工期间发现在整个地点。

At the ground floor changes in level, stepping up over the pool along the main entry bridge and back down again from the kitchen to the living area, provide a playful dialogue and transition between public spaces, even as a largely open floor plan and generous windows act to connect these spaces to each other and the outdoors. Additionally, wall-to-wall sliding doors in the living area open up to expand the room out into the pool and landscape that provides additional outdoor space for entertaining and gathering of friends and loved ones. The entry bridge spanning the pool enlivens these outdoor spaces with a grotto waterfall niche that compliments the cool shade of the heritage trees that reside throughout the yard. This rhythm is mirrored at the second floor as a series of folding doors in the ‘party room’ open to a large out-door terrace in the tree canopies, which again steps down to its own ‘landscape’ green roof garden with hot tub that takes in distance vistas of downtown.

在底层的标高变化处，沿着主入口桥向上跨水池，从厨房向生活区再次向下向下，在公共空间之间提供有趣的对话和过渡，即使是一个非常开放的楼层平面图和慷慨的窗户将这些空间相互连接在一起和室外。此外，生活区的墙壁与墙壁之间的滑动门打开，将房间扩展到游泳池和景观中，为朋友和爱人的娱乐和聚集提供额外的室外空间。跨池的入口桥使这些室外空间更加活跃，并有一个洞室瀑布的小空间，以满足整个院子里的传统树木的阴凉阴影。此节奏在二层作为一系列折叠门在“聚会室”中打开，通往树冠中的一个大型室外门阶地，这再次下降到其自己的“景观绿色屋顶花园，带有热浴缸，进入市中心的远景。

These forms not only provide elegant spaces for entertaining, but also provide a stage for discussion and promotion of the core principle of sustainability that produced it. Meeting and exceeding standards for green certifications; such as Energy Star – Gold, NAHB Green Building – Emerald, Build SA Green – Level 3, and LEED – Platinum; act as a catalyst to encourage sustainability and responsible building practices in future projects with-in one of San Antonio‘s oldest neighborhood, and through-out the city.

这些形式不仅为娱乐提供了优雅的空间，而且为讨论和推广产生可持续性的核心原则提供了一个舞台。满足和超越绿色认证标准；如能源之星-黄金，NAHB绿色建筑-翡翠，建设SA绿色3级，和LEED-白金；作为催化剂，鼓励可持续性和负责任的建设实践在未来的项目-在圣安东尼奥最古老的社区之一，并贯穿整个城市。