Check out this profile and video tour of a house designed for US Green Building Council (USGBC) founder David Gottfried. The house boasts the highest 'platinum' certification under LEED, the USGBC's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design building rating system, and features solar thermal and photovoltaics, rainwater collection, water efficient plumbing fixtures, reclaimed timber flooring, FSC-certified furniture, a natural lighting strategy and zero VOC finishes.
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Lenny Antonelli
Lenny Antonelli is deputy editor of Passive House Plus. He also writes regularly for the Irish Times, and has contributed to a variety of other publications including the Sunday Times, the CS Monitor, Village, the Sunday Tribune amd the Dubliner. He is currently working on a radio documentary on Ireland's oceans.
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