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Maine House Achieves LEED Platinum

The first LEED Platinum house in the Northeast features solar hot water and photovoltaic systems, exterior solar shading, and local cedar siding. The house is expected to use 50% less energy than a comparable conventional home.

Photo: Bernard C. Meyers
A four-bedroom house in Freeport, Maine, is the first in the Northeast and third in the nation to achieve a Platinum rating in the LEED for Homes pilot rating system from the U.S. Green Building Council. The 3,200-ft2 (300-m2) home was designed by Richard Renner Architects and built by Wright Ryan Construction, both of Portland, Maine. It earned 95 out of 129 possible LEED points with its high-performance building envelope, passive and active solar systems, triple-glazed windows, heat-recovery ventilation, recycled-content metal roofing, sustainably harvested wood, and local materials. Despite the heating demands of Maine winters, the house is expected to use 50% less energy than a comparable conventional home under the Energy Star Home Energy Rating System (HERS) and use almost no potable water to irrigate its native landscaping.

Published June 7, 2007

Griffith, E. (2007, June 7). Maine House Achieves LEED Platinum. Retrieved from https://www.buildinggreen.com/newsbrief/maine-house-achieves-leed-platinum

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