Samantha Aimone
Meet Melissa and Jim - they built their dream home a few years ago, but this wasn’t like any other home. Their main goal was to have a healthy home for their kids, and one that would also save on energy and environmental resources.
In this video, Rise Founder and CEO Matt Daigle takes you on a tour of this stunning LEED Gold home, located in beautiful Minneapolis. This modern home boasts features such as solar panels, ground-source heat pumps, heavy use of reclaimed materials, and a beautiful green roof.
LEED is one of the most widely recognized sustainability standards and stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. It was created by the US Green Building Council and has been adopted in Canada by the Canada Green Building Council.
The goal of the LEED standard is to guide today’s building industry towards best practices for sustainability. LEED covers much more than just energy. It goes by points, and you need a certain number of points to reach each level.
The LEED Rating System counts eight categories:
Ordinary code-compliant building practices are considered prerequisites and are awarded 0 points.
In each category, better building practices earn 1 point and the best building practices are awarded
2 points. There are four levels you can reach:
Your home is probably the biggest investment you’ll ever make and has a huge impact on your happiness. So it’s worth it to build it right.
Disclaimer: This article does not constitute a product endorsement however Rise does reserve the right to recommend relevant products based on the articles content to provide a more comprehensive experience for the reader.Last Modified: 2021-04-29T19:31:35+0000
