Working with an eco-friendly company in Nashville is key to ensuring a sustainable outcome for your next design or build project. And with the climate crisis continuing to escalate, choosing an eco-friendly interior design or system is one of the best things you can do to protect the health of the planet as well as your family. So, whether you are renovating, building a new home, or just exploring what's possible, choose one of these fantastic eco-friendly companies for your next project in Nashville, TN. 

Nashville Sustainable Home Builders

Você for Planned Communities 

This stunning planned community is designed to incorporate homes into nature. Located close to Radnor Lake State Park, the team is wholly committed to honoring the land while making it accessible for residents to enjoy amenities like walking paths. 

“In keeping with the wishes of country music icon Eddy Arnold – who called this property home from 1950 until his passing in 2008 – Você is designed from the ground up to retain and embrace the natural beauty of the land. Our team is committed to preserving the trees and natural landscape wherever possible, promoting an environmentally sensitive development approach and encouraging a broad architectural palette. Unlike your traditional residential development, each Você home features a compact environmental footprint on a naturally wooded homesite; no two houses are alike.” — Você

Mossy Ridge for Custom Homes in Nashville, TN

If you’re looking to build a custom home here in Nashville, TN, I highly recommend working with Mossy Ridge. They are LEED-accredited and work with architects and designers to build gorgeous homes using sustainable building practices and efficient systems. They can also create Zero Energy Ready Homes. These high-performance homes are so efficient that a renewable energy system can offset all or most of their annual energy consumption. If you desire to go completely off-grid, they can also make that happen. 

Create a Sealed Envelope

e3 innovate

When it comes to our list of 10 Sustainable Home Design Ideas, creating a sealed envelope in your home is number one—and for a good reason. A house that is not sealed or well-insulated is an enormous waste of energy as your various systems work to keep the temperature in your home comfortable. 

e3 innovate is one of our favorite companies for turning your home into a sealed envelope. They will first evaluate your home and provide recommendations for improvements that will benefit you the most.

Eco-Friendly Landscaping

Hargrove Design Studio 

If you’re building a new-construction home or feel like nature has completely taken over your yard, it’s worth hiring a landscape architect. Hargrove Design Studio creates landscapes to connect and engage people with the outdoors, preserve natural resources, and mitigate the impacts of development.

If you’ve moved into a newly constructed home or community, it’s especially important to work with a professional who can ensure that landscaping is restored to help protect your home from water damage and provide adequate erosion and drainage solutions. 

Sage Lawn Care 

If you’d like to take a fresh approach to your home’s landscape and lawn care, then Sage Lawn Care should be your first call. They offer lawn care products that are safe for your family and the environment, flower bed design, and more. Make sure to give Sage Lawn Care a follow on Instagram. 

Furniture & Finishes

There are so many choices to make when it comes to furniture and finishes in your home. The good news is that there are some genuinely remarkable eco-friendly furniture and material companies here in Nashville. 

• Red Rock Tileworks: Sustainably made, drop-dead gorgeous tile. 

• Broken Compass Wood Working: Custom Furniture 

  • Note: They only work with interior designers and build professionals. 

• Masaya + Co: Custom Outdoor Furniture 

• Vintage Furniture: 

  • Patina + Co & Gas Lamp, Too: Gorgeous heirloom pieces with soul and history. 

  • Chairish: While you’ll be able to search pieces listed all over the U.S., you can also source locally and even negotiate the price with the seller. 

• Upholstery Fabrics & Window Treatments: 

  • You probably know by now that I adore sustainable fabrics, but they are a large and long-term investment. With so many design options that include style, performance, shape, trim, automation, and more, you’ll want to work with a designer who can provide artistic and technical guidance for your choices. A few of the considerations we keep in mind are:

    • Performance and sun exposure 

    • Privacy and flexibility of light 

    • Material choices: not all fabrics are suited for windows 

If you’re ready to tackle your next design project, let’s connect. One of the benefits of working with MOTIV is our tried and proven repertoire of eco-friendly build professionals that we love to partner with. Schedule your connection call, and let’s get started!