LEED For Homes- Page 4 of 6
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Big Home, LEED Platinum Rating, but Still a Slow Sell
Landing Platinum certification was one thing for this California luxury-home project, finding a buyer was another
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Green Building
Maybe it's time to head to the bar
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Easy LEED Platinum?
“It was easier than I thought,” says Amy Levin when first asked about her LEED for Homes Platinum gut rehab. This would not be the last time my jaw would…
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A Habitat in Mississippi Follows Two Paths to Green
Bay-Waveland Habitat for Humanity recently celebrated its first LEED for Homes Platinum certification, and aims high for future projects
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Building to LEED and NGBS Green Certification in One House
A Custom Builder's Journey to Green: Part 4. After Energy Star and EarthCraft, builder Danny Kelly was ready to kick it up a notch, but the market was kicking back and customers were losing interest.
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A Two-Phased LEED for Homes Gut Rehab
Don’t all major home renovations span decades? Jim Newman and Sarah Slaughter bought a rather pedestrian Cambridge home in 1996 and began full renovation in 2001, recently completing the metamorphosis…
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LEED Platinum, from Philly to East Asia
Two affordable-housing projects by Postgreen get the certification, as does Green Tomorrow house in Yongin, South Korea, a project of corporate giant Samsung
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Squeezing the Price on Passivhaus
A builder in Maine nears completion of a prototype designed to earn Passivhaus certification, with construction costs at about $150 per square foot
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The First Factory-Built Home in N.Y. to Earn LEED Platinum
New World Home celebrates the building's high LEED rating and touts a lineup of green modular homes that feature traditional-looking designs
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Green Homes, Built by Tech College Students, Are Hitting the Market
Construction completed this year on energy efficient houses in the Minneapolis-St. Paul suburbs