JP Green House is a demonstration home for sustainable urban living in Boston.

Our century-old house served the neighborhood of Jamaica Plain as "Jack's Corner Store" for 70 years. We bought it in 2008 out of foreclosure, and rehabbed it from a derelict state to be a model for zero-carbon living.

The house features passive solar design, super insulation, recycled materials, triple-glazed windows, a heat transfer ventilation system and an air-to-water heat pump for hot water.

We maintain an average indoor temperature of 63 degrees in the winter without a heating system.

Our organic urban garden provides all our produce from April - October. We will soon be adding chickens for eggs!

Co-Founders: Ken Ward, climate activist, carpenter, Director of the Apeiron Institute for Sustainable Living. Andrée Collier Zaleska, community organizer and nascent urban farmer.

PLEASE VISIT!  We welcome individuals, groups and classes to visit the house and have a tour. We host discussions about green building, urban homesteading, re-localization and climate change.

We are also available for speaking engagements.

Contact Andrée at greenhousejp@gmail.com

Experience has shown that we don't update this site very often. Please contact us at greenhousejp@gmail.com to visit the house in person! You can also follow us on Facebook, where we make frequent status updates. And be sure to sign up for our monthly newsletter.

JP Green House hosts events and collaborates with many organizations on issues of climate change and sustainable living. Our main partners are JP New Economy Transition, the JP Forum,  and 350.org.

We are a 501c3 nonprofit organization and your donations are welcome at any time to help us to continue to serve our community.