New solar-powered homes going up in Cortez Village near Bradenton

83 Degrees Established in the 1880s on the Gulf of Mexico and Sarasota Bay, Cortez is a National Register of Historic Places community in Manatee County that takes pride in…

Pearl Homes’ Marshall Gobuty Wins 2018 LEED Visionary Award

Sarasota Magazine The honor recognizes innovative projects, architects, developers and homebuilders leading the residential green building market. Read More Here

Sarasota Home Builder Named ‘2018 Visionary’ by U.S. Green Building Council

Construction Dive Pearl Homes, a developer of sustainable smart home communities and leader in LEED residential development, today announced that its president, Marshall Gobuty, was awarded the 2018 LEED Visionary…

Eliminate Your Family’s Carbon Footprint in a Zero Energy Home

Homedit Imagine living in a house that uses zero energy and a neighborhood that has no carbon footprint. It’s now going to be possible in a new development being located…

Manatee County “Green” Community Gets Green Light

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. — A community designed to operate almost entirely on its own solar energy production is coming to Manatee County.  Read More Here

Pursuing A New Standard In Net-Zero Energy Plus Homes

Forbes The vision of solar + storage, home automation and home building is coming to life in a small fishing community called Cortez, Fla., near the retirement and vacation communities…

DEVELOPER TO BUILD FIRST COMMUNITY OF ‘ZERO ENERGY’ HOMES

Residential Products Online Developer Pearl Homes has announced plans to build what the company is calling the first truly carbon-free, “zero energy” residential community. Read More Here

The home of the future, for renters

PV Magazine Sonnen has announced its latest sonnenCommunity in Florida, in collaboration with Pearl Homes and Google Home. The development features a smaller footprint and automated homes, with most of…

Businessman ramps up focus on sustainable housing

Business Observer Driving past rows of industrial buildings in a north Manatee County office park, there’s no clue that inside one is a full-scale house. The house was constructed inside…

Mirabella development celebrates 100th LEED green home

Sarasota Herald-Tribune BRADENTON — One Mirabella resident monitors his energy consumption via computer all day long. His electric bill reaches just over $30 a month. Developer Marshall Gobuty enjoys telling…