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comment Gottfried House Earns Highest LEED for Homes Score to Date
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U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) co-founder David Gottfried has, not surprisingly, built a very green house. The 1,460 ft² house in Oakland, California, has earned 106.5 points out of a possible 136 in USGBC’s LEED for Homes rating system, making it the highest-scoring project to date.
To achieve the rating, Gottfried renovated a 1915 bungalow, knocking out walls to make the space feel bigger and work better, reusing existing materials, and installing everything from locally built cabinets to a solar hot water system. He also added a prefabricated off-the-grid home office in the backyard, a LifePod from Envision Solar.
More information is available at www.gottfriedhome.com.
This article originally appeared on BuildingGreen.com
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