PALMETTO, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Loren Ruch, executive producer, HGTV, presented keys to Mary Jones, winner of the HGTV Green Home 2012 at a ceremony today at the home site in the Serenbe community south of Atlanta.
Jones, from Katy, Texas, was randomly selected from more than 35 million entries, the highest number of entries to date for the six-year old HGTV Green Home Giveaway.
The grand prize package includes the fully furnished 2,300-square-foot home in Serenbe, an eco-progressive community in the Chattahoochee Hills of Georgia, $100,000 and a 2012 GMC® Terrain®.
Viewers can see full coverage of Jones’ receiving the keys to her new home in the 30-minute special, HGTV Green Home Giveaway 2012, on Friday, August 17, at 8 p.m. ET/PT. A 360-degree virtual tour of the home also can be seen at HGTV.com/greenhome.
This year’s modern prairie-style HGTV Green Home, inspired by Southeastern culture and regional architecture, is located 30 minutes south of Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. The home features an open floor plan with three bedrooms and two and a half bathrooms, and is decorated with sustainable products including solar panels, concrete countertops and recyclable rugs. It has received a Platinum LEED certification – the highest rating a home can earn within the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program, as well as an Energy Star certification, which acknowledges its energy efficiency.
About HGTV Green Home
The HGTV Green Home Giveaway complements the network’s annual HGTV Dream Home Giveaway, the most successful consumer promotion in cable TV history and the HGTV Urban Oasis Giveaway. The HGTV Green Home Giveaway 2012 is sponsored by several national advertisers including: GMC, Moen, Shaw Floors, Bush Brothers & Company, Dasani, Garnier, The Sherwin-Williams Company, Char-Broil, Walt Disney Studio Motion Pictures, Liberty Mutual Insurance, Petco Animal Supplies, Inc., Rinnai America Corporation and TREX.
About HGTV
HGTV, America’s leader in home and lifestyle programming, is distributed to more than 99 million U.S. households and is one of cable’s top-rated networks. HGTV’s website, HGTV.com, is the nation’s leading online home-and-garden destination and attracts an average of 5 million unique visitors per month.
About Serenbe:
Serenbe is a 1,000-acre community located just 30 minutes from Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, with a focus on balanced growth, sustainability, green building, organic farming, and smart environmental practices. Serenbe has private residential homes, commercial space, art galleries, original shops, stables, the 20-room Inn at Serenbe with conference facilities, and Serenbe Farms with CSA program and Saturday markets. The community is home to three restaurants, all pioneers in the farm-to-table movement: Blue Eyed Daisy Bakeshop (the nation’s smallest Silver LEED certified building), The Farmhouse (proprietress Marie Nygren), and The Hil (chef/owner Hilary White). www.serenbe.com.
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