Eco-friendly retailer to open first of its kind home improvement store

A home improvement start-up with a green conscience is expanding out of its Austin, Texas, hometown.



TreeHouse will open the nation’s first-ever net-zero energy store on June 1, at The Hill, a shopping center in Dallas. The store will be the retailer’s second location, but not for long. An additional store, planned for the Plano area, is due to open this fall.



TreeHouse offers a carefully curated selection of products and services that promote healthful and sustainable living spaces, with an emphasis on performance and design. Every product is scored based on health, performance, corporate responsibility and sustainability.



“TreeHouse is reinventing home improvement with the twin goals of ecological and human health,” the company explains on its web site. “Our core principles are applied to everything in the store. From thoughtful and innovative products to comprehensive, high-quality services -- every element is designed to build a better home.”



Prior to opening in Dallas, TreeHouse has opened a Sustainable Home of the Future pop-up at Dallas’ NorthPark Center. The temporary display was built with an array of sustainable materials and includes efficient fixtures and appliances, a rainwater harvesting tank and a food recycler that turns scraps into compost. It includes educational vignettes on the importance of maintaining a healthy home.