The ground-breaking ceremony of The Dream House, the first carbon neutral home to be built on the east coast, was held on June 19, 2008 at 1310 Calder Road in Mclean, Virginia. When completed in the spring of 2009, the Dream House will use eighty percent less energy than a conventional home and leave a carbon neutral footprint. CharityWorks will arrange tours of the Dream House with proceeds going to a charity yet to be determined. CharityWorks is a volunteer-driven organization created in 1999 to help break the cycle of poverty in DC by strengthening local education programs and enabling families to overcome critical health issues.

Deanna Belli, and Vicky Sabo, the CharityWorks Dream House Co-Chairs ‘ told iGoToVideo that they will also arrange a lecture series in sustainable building practices and hold a forum to share in techniques such as Geo Thermal Power.
The following are speakers who attended the Ground Breaking Event and included in the accompanying video: John Foust, Supervisor (D) Drainesville, Mark Lowham, Senior Vice President of West Group .Gerald Connolly, (D) Board of Supervisors Mark Turner President/CEO of GreeenSpur. Del. Margaret Vanderhye, (D) 34th

The Project Sponsors of the CO2FreeLiving are West Group Management LLC, GreenSpur Inc, Cuningham and Quill Architects, Holland and Knight, HotelEnergy Group, J’s Drywall, Kohler Plumbing, Linton Engineering, Montgomery Kitchen and Bath, Schnabel Engineering, Tammal Demolition, Earth Conservation Corps, EMO Energy Solutions, TW Perry, Vika Engineering, T and J Lawn Service, Inc.,CharityWorks.