Our last blog entry was all about the holidays and we just got a lot of raves about our Holiday Gingerbread Houses. But who knew that we would win the first place on an Eco-Friendly Gingerbread House making contest?!

Yep, Palermo’s Bakery won the top prize in making an Environment-Friendly Designed Gingerbread House!

A minimum of six Green Design Elements were required and these are the ones we featured in ours:

1. Rainwater Harvesting Storage Tank
2. Ground-Source Heat-Pump External Ground Loop
3. Vegetable Garden Box
4. Low-Impact Recycled Car Tire Foundation
5. Solar Panels
6. Micro Wind Turbine
7. River
8. Natural Forest Habitat

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