The mPowerHouse: Unplugged

This is the true story of some strangers, picked to live in a zero-net house ... Sound familiar? No, this is not the Real World—it's not even MTV—it's mPowerHouse.

mPowerHouse, will be both an energy producing house and, eventually, a reality webcast series.

Fred and Neal Hightower, the father-son duo behind this project, are not necessarily your typical green builders. Neal describes himself as 30-year-old who builds big houses and drives a big truck; he is not, he claims, an "environmentalist."

He does, however, symbolize the exact demographic mPowerHouse is hoping to tap into: People who are a little turned off by the "e" word, but who want to do right by the environment regardless.

To top it off, at the end of the webcast series (which appears to be in production), one contestant will actually win the house.

Keep up with the goings on at mPowerHouse here.

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