“The aspect of using an entire design team from the beginning—the architect, homeowner, contractor, and HERS rate—is what made this work.”
McCormick, like a lot of fl edgling green builders, points out how green is largely a case of learning more about how the house works as a system and how products go together to make an energy-efficient home.
The home garnered a HERS rating of 27 and earned both LEED Platinum and NAHB Emerald certifications, making it the first home in New York State and one of the first in the country to achieve both certifications.
McCormick now educates homeowners on why they should build green. “I had homeowners who didn’t want green. Once I explained all the benefits of it they got excited. … It’s not all about solar panels and grass roofs or drastic measures. It’s the whole house and how it works together and how it affects the people who live in it.”
The team considered siting and orientation for passive solar and passive ventilation. The south-facing three-season room was designed with a slab floor and windows to maximize passive thermal gain.
Throughout the interior of the house, the builder used Benjamin Moore Ben Series low-VOC paint, low-VOC caulks, and Masonite Safe and Sound MDF interior doors.
VIESSMANN VITODEN 200 GAS-FIRED BOILER
A high-quality and reliable wall-mounted condensing boiler up to 95.2% AFUE. The newly developed Inox-Radial heat exchanger surface of high-alloy stainless steel and the modulating MatriX-compact gas burner make for maximum energy usage with minimum emissions and small space requirements.
www.viessmann.ca
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