WAYLAND, Mass. -- Wayland resident Jackson Madnick turned what started as a bungalow into a sustainable showpiece.

"The idea with this is I wanted to take an existing house and show that you could take an existing house, not a new house, and produce most of your heating, cooling and power," Madnick said.

Nearly all of the heating, cooling and power in Madnick’s 2,500-square-foot home on Dudley Pond in Wayland is provided by the sun and the Earth.

"I wanted to take an existing house and make it extremely sustainable. By this time next year, I'll be producing 95 to 100 percent of my heating, cooling and power from the sun and the earth," Madnick said.

Materials in the home are made of recycled sustainable materials, making the home green inside and out.

The roof is covered with a solar flexible film that provides solar-powered electricity. Underneath the film are solar tubes that heat the home’s water. These tubes wind under the front walk, so there is no need to shovel in the winter.

There is also a heliostat on the roof that directs and bounces sunlight into the home, which saves money on electricity.

Inside the house, super insulated windows let light in and hold onto the heat. A wall of south-facing windows has a reflective roof in front of it, which bounces enough heat to warm the whole house.