World's Greenest Homes

World's Greenest Homes visits a California beach house with a unique family-friendly design that makes the most of an ocean breeze. Next host Emmanuel Belliveau tours a home nestled in the hills of Greece that combines contemporary design with natural and eco friendly features.

Just outside of Aspen, Colorado, where the rich and famous come to play, Host Emmanuel Belliveau visits a 7-thousand square foot home with a small carbon footprint. Next World's Greenest Homes takes a tour of a home in a Boston suburb made from the scraps and leftovers from an old interstate freeway.

Host Emmanuel Belliveau visits a stunning and lavish home in San Francisco's Mission District that is a study in how to take wind power to a new level in the city. Next Emmanuel finds himself in West Sussex where there is an untraditional home built around trees.

We visit south London, to explore a timber frame home that is nothing like the Victorian-terraced homes surrounding it. The house is a rework of an old woodworking shop on a site that no one imagined. Then we tour a home in a Boston suburb made from the scraps and leftovers from the old interstate freeway. Next in the Hollywood hills, a couple built a fabulous home on a 9-thousand-square-foot piece of land. The design is bold, beautiful and boasts some of the earliest uses of non-toxic materials.

We visit a tiny 1920’s bungalow in Venice Beach California that’s been renovated into the latest in modern design and green features. Then to a home nestled in the hills of Greece just outside Athens that combines contemporary design with natural and eco-friendly features that are as old as the hills. And then in Houston, we visit a colourful one-of-a-kind art deco inspired home that’s cashing in on energy savings.

In this episode, we visit… ‘Kickapoo,’ a stunning Arts and Crafts-style home in Oregon, Illinois… The ultimate tree house just minutes from Sydney Harbour… And an eco-friendly, Mediterranean-style village in the Florida Panhandle that’s built to last 500 years.

An Arizona Desert home designed to blend in with its surroundings… A sumptuous 680-acre holiday home outside Melbourne, Australia… And the spectacular, earth-friendly solar-powered desert castle that’s home to former punk rock singer, David Buxton.

A few hours North of San Francisco, and a mile from the closest utility pole, a couple built their unusual green dream home in the shape of a hawk, and completely off the grid. Powered by recycled solar panels and a creek-fed hydroelectric generator, the home features curved walls, a ventilated natural underground cooling system, and a soapstone fireplace that radiates heat for up to 48 hours.

A Chicago warehouse that’s become a hotbed of green technology… A Victorian row-home in Toronto Canada with ultra-modern, green interiors… And we visit Austin, Texas, to tour one lucky family’s energy-efficient oasis.

An Atlanta Tudor mansion that’s one of the largest eco-homes in the US… A unique Australian getaway that’s completely off the grid… And a cliffside Toronto home that pushes green to the extreme.

An Arts and Crafts-inspired, energy-efficient super home in New York State… A green Sydney home that combines a Victorian cottage with a sleek new addition… And a Cobourg, Ontario, green dream with a swimming pool made from recycled tires.