Beneath the calm tranquility of this home’s color palette lies a powerhouse of energy-saving, sustainable, and health-conscious features.

Stepping into the white, terrazzo-inspired, porcelain-tiled foyer of this crisp and airy Cotuit home, your eyes are drawn first into a bright and sunny kitchen with pristine, white walls and ceilings, milky cabinets and pearlescent quartz countertops with a giant white center island to anchor the space. Observing that the white-on-white theme carries over into the adjoining great room, primary suite, and up the stairs to the second floor, you begin to understand the “contemplative white” aesthetic of the interior design.

What you don’t actually see is that every other aspect of the 4,100 square foot home’s engineering, design, and construction is driven by a different color entirely: green.

This is the latest, super energy efficient, “High-Performance” home built by The Valle Group, an award-winning, Falmouth based custom home builder that focuses on sustainable, “green” building. This particular project came to life as the result of a close collaboration between The Valle Group, the homeowners, Jim and Mary Beth Morabito, and Salt Architecture.

“Many homeowners are just now becoming aware of the tremendous benefits that come with High-Performance design and construction. The exceptional quality, the unparalleled energy efficiency and the overall healthfulness of the home.  That was not the case with Jim and Mary Beth. By the time they came to us they were incredibly well-prepared and had done a tremendous amount of research. They knew exactly what they wanted,” says Christian Valle, President of The Valle Group.

“Perhaps that’s one of the perks of working with outstanding architects and clients who both happen to be engineers,” Valle adds. ...