Architectural designers, Group 41, unveiled the H House earlier this month revealing its very modern design in both artistic quality like its commissioned steel art entryway and sustainable materials like doors made from pressed wood scraps.

Green features of this luxurious home include fly-ash concrete, high efficiency HVAC furnaces (97 percent efficiency), radiant floor heating, 100 percent recycled industrial waste used to create the wood flooring, LED energy efficient lighting, low flow plumbing and dual flush toilets. H House seeks to conserve resources, energy and water while offering aesthetic functionality.

A bonus feature of the H House is that it is solar-ready should the new owner decide to install solar panels to offset energy consumption and super green this house.

It seems rather common that a luxury home these days, when built from the ground up or completely remodeled is green.

These homes tend to be much larger than the average family house and therefore, consume more resources, so greening these houses is ideal. However, greening the luxury home market leaves an impression that greening is a luxury. (In this case, since we're talking San Francisco, it's 7 figures.) Is that really the case? Can an average home be built green? Of course.

But, we must remember that luxury homes are built for the luxurious at heart and at heart, those owners want the cream of the crop, or in this case, a super green home. So, give the luxurious at heart some credit and gratitude, they are only enhancing our relationship with the environment with every new feature they install.