49 Orchard Avenue is
more than just any green home deeply rooted in nature. Apart from
positives such as being twelve miles west of Boston situated in
Weston, recently rated
amongst one of the top school districts in Massachusetts by Boston
Magazine, this property has been nationally recognized for its
cutting-edge eco-friendly engineering and prolonged sustainability.
The Lindal Green Coast to Coast program constructed this
contemporary Lindal Cedar Home in 2007 with the goal of not only
protecting the environment but creating a beautiful masterpiece.
The underlying motive was also to show how beautiful, affordable
and rewarding it can be to live in a green house that not only
looks breathtaking, but whose energy and maintenance savings alone
are enough to leave any owner proud.
The International Chamber of
Commerces (ICC) Green Standard under their Environment and Energy
Commission was established in 2009 and it was 49 Orchard Avenues
groundbreaking green initiative for the area that attracted the
ICCs attention. The Commission is recognized by the American
National Standards Institute (ANSI) and their Green Building
Standard for residential construction. This standard, which is
administered by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)
Research Center, required a verified inspection to take place on
the plans and specifications of the constructed residence on 350
different practices that are divided into 6 broader components:
- Lot Design, Preparation and Development
- Resource Efficiency
- Energy Efficiency
- Water Efficiency
- Indoor Air Quality
- Homeowner Operation and Maintenance
49 Orchard Avenue
brought fourth very favourable and exciting grades after
inspection. It was found that after completion of the Designers
Report for National Green Building Certification, this home was
awarded a Gold Rating. With 4,948 square feet of living space, five
bedrooms, four and a half baths and a three car garage, this homes
perceived opulence nonetheless uses approximately 45% less natural
gas annually than their typical neighbor of the same size. Measured
in Therms (the standard unit of measuring for heat energy) this
reduction of a homes energy footprint can save a homeowner upwards
of $2,000 per year in energy savings.
Some features that set this
Weston home apart
include:
- Entire home is enclosed in Icynene foam insulation providing
superior air leakage prevention and highest performance insulating
capacity for both heating and cooling - Low E Argon glass double pane solid cedar windows
- Radiant heat in specific areas
- Reversible Casablanca Ceiling Fans to distribute the air from
the core open space and even heat from its Lopi Freedom wood stove
insert - Three ductless cooling units for central open space, with a
outside compressor unit for redundancy - Nine forced hot water heat zones
- Six ductless air conditioning zones
- All heating controlled through Tekmar Model 541 programmable
thermostats in all main rooms - Runtal baseboards or wall mounted radiator units
- Great Room, Kitchen and Dining area open space heated with two
zones of Viega Climate Panel System - Aluminum Play Radiant Sub Floor that provides one of the
fastest heat recovery times available today - Outdoor shower
- Two 200 amp electrical panels with surge suppressor for each
panel - Outdoor low voltage lighting
- Built-in stone fire pit
- Sub-Zero refrigerators, Wolfe range top, Miela double oven and
dishwasher, LG washer and condensing dryer unit, and Bosch washer
and vented dryer all are Energy Star certified
Green living is no longer an
unattainable fantasy or simply practiced for the betterment of our
planet. Green living is more affordable than it has ever been and
can offer homeowners substantial energy savings.
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