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| World's greenest certified house recognized by USGBC The Live Green, Live Smart Institute has announced that is has received the coveted Outstanding Custom Project Award from the US Green Building Council (USGBC) for the highest rating home in the history of the LEED for Homes program. The project referred to as The Sustainable House was a comprehensive, residential construction, research project conceived and managed by the Live Green, Live Smart Institute. The house, a 1948 rambler, located in Minnetonka, Minnesota was planned and remodeled by 7 teams of 278 individuals over a period of two years. The house features a broad variety of sustainable energy systems, water saving devices, incorporates significant reuse of materials and has had extensive landscaping to demonstrate effective land management techniques. The USGBC has awarded the Sustainable House the coveted Outstanding Custom Project Award for the highest rating home in the history of the LEED for Homes program. The home received a LEED platinum level rating of 121 points making it the first platinum remodel and gaining the highest score in the history of the LEED for Homes program for any project. The house is also the highest scoring home for Minnesota GreenStar and attained the top performance rating of Gold with 633 points. The house also is an Energy Star Home with a HERS rating of 31. According to the Institute's Information Office: To date the home has had over 6,500 individuals tour it, be educated in it and it has been the subject of numerous TV shows, books, short films, magazine articles and has had extensive coverage on the Internet. A family of 3 who are tracking a variety of data for the Institute is currently living in the home. In a joint venture the Institute completed a second remodeled home in Minneapolis in the fall of 2008 and plans a third test home for late 2009 or early 2010. write your comments about the article :: © 2009 Construction News :: home page |