New Cortez Development to Be ‘Carbon-Free’

Sarasota The Los Angeles company Sonnen is partnering with Sarasota’s Pearl Homes to build a network of homes in Cortez that will each be equipped with rooftop solar panels, a Sonnen…

Pearl Homes & Sonnen Deliver The Sustainable Home Of The Future, Today

Clean Technica Residential energy storage leader sonnen is taking another step forward with its sonnenCommunity solution with the announcement of the Hunters Point – Pearl Homes Community and Marina in the…

Florida development is a trifecta of solar power, size and efficiency

Tree Hugger Finally, Net Zero done right, and in a speculative development even. Net Zero energy buildings feed power into the grid when the sun is shining and draw power…

Energy-independent smart homes on horizon

Herald Tribune –  PALMETTO — A nondescript collection of warehouses stretches down a narrow and easily overlooked street here. Few businesses display identifying signs, lending the industrial zone an aura…

Its only the second housing community of its kind, and it’s coming to Cortez

Bradenton Herald –  Would you pay about $100,000 per 120-square-feet of living space? When it comes to the planned Hunters Point development in Cortez and all that comes with the…

Hunters Point in Florida Goes LEED With Solar, Energy Storage and Google Home

Solar Reviews Under a new sonnen and Pearl Homes Partnership the Hunters Point, Pearl Homes Community and Marina in Cortez, FL, will have 148 homes and 720 apartments pursuing net-zero…

Battery Storage for Renters: Florida Homebuilder Picks Sonnen to Supply 720-Home Project

Sarasota A Florida homebuilder partnered with sonnen to build “climate positive” homes equipped with solar and battery storage. Pearl Homes expects to complete 148 homes next year at Hunters Point,…

This new Florida neighborhood has zero emissions, tons of smart tech, and is hurricane-proof

Fast Company In a fishing village south of Tampa called Cortez, a new community of small homes will run on solar power to reach a “net zero” energy footprint–using Google…