Second Oregon Home Achieves Platinum LEED Certification
Earning the U.S. Green Building Council’s Platinum LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification is no easy task. Because it’s the most stringent standard to which a building or developmental project can strive, until recently there was only one home in the entire state of Oregon and 56 in the nation certified Platinum. But now our client, Teeny Development, LLC, has achieved Platinum LEED certification on its first of 18 townhomes under construction in Lincoln City.
The homes are located in the Villages at Cascade Head residential project and employ cutting edge technology that incorporates sustainable architectural concepts. Because they are made of high-quality concrete "polysteel” construction, the units are extremely efficient and require very little maintenance. The addition of high efficiency windows, doors, ventilation and lights, in addition to solar energy use, geothermal and storm water reclamation and hydronics heating, all equal a highly sustainable design.
The remaining homes in the Maplewood Village subdivision are certifiable at either Gold or Platinum level by the USGBC. The addition of several Platinum certifications is a huge achievement and reinforces the Village’s claim that it is part of the only certified sustainable resort on the West Coast.
