The Margarido House
The Margarido House in Oakland, California by is the first custom home in the US to be LEED-H Platinum certified and GreenPoint Rated.
The Margarido House is 55 percent more energy efficient than California’s Title 24 energy standards. The home features extensive green building components such as eco-friendly Western Red Cedar siding, a planted green roof garden and deck, on-site rain and ground water reclamation, in-floor hydronic heating, and solar electric and solar thermal (hot water) systems.
[via contemporist]
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