An Alexandria resident is transforming her experience remodeling homes in a cheap and environmentally friendly fashion into a TV pilot being pitched — not to home makeover show havens HGTV or TLC — but to NBC.

Adrienne van Dooren is working with NBC producer Mike Alyala and Susan Colwell of online television show “MyGreenCottage” on a new show, “Drab-Fab-Sold.”

The pilot will be shot in July, and plans are to make over a Washington-area house for resale using the techniques van Dooren developed for her book “The House That Faux Built.”

Applicants must live within 50 miles of the District of Columbia and have a compelling reason to sell their house in the next 18 months.

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Van Dooren transforms houses using such techniques as plastering, marbelizing and molding while often keeping original structures intact.

She said she has done work directly on top of Formica countertops, ugly cabinets and bathroom tile.

“We’ve made over bathrooms to look like slate without having to take off the toilet,” she said.

On the show, Colwell will incorporate more traditional “green” home makeover techniques, such as changes to lighting and home energy audits that identify leaks and insulation problems.

Van Dooren previously made over an Arlington home as part of a Habitat for Humanity project (her book was also a charity project). Her work was featured on multiple episodes of the NBC show “House Smarts.”

Green building has been gaining popularity over the past few years, according to Kelly Hart, founder of the Web site GreenHomeBuilding.com.

“One of the prime motivators is the realization on the part of the public and the media that the time has arrived for us to pay attention to this,” Hart said. “The consciousness is finally there for people to try to mitigate the damage being done to our environment.”

Those interested in participating may e-mail chair@fauxhouse.com.

melissa.frederick@dcexaminer.com