The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is set to launch its LEED-for-Homes program at the organization’s annual Greenbuild conference in Chicago next week. A nearly two-year pilot program to adapt the LEED rating system to residential building ended this spring, but USGBC waited until Greenbuild for its official debut so that the program could be balloted with the organization’s full membership.
Among the 12 houses nationwide that have achieved a Platinum rating in the USGBC’s Leed-for-Homes program is project7ten, in Venice, California. Designed by Melinda Gray, of Santa Monica-based Gray Matter Architecture, it uses solar panels, high-performance windows and insulation, and recycled and renewable materials.
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