Grandin Terrace

The Grandin Terrace home is a single family residence built for empty nesters who wanted to simplify their lives and build a low maintenance house suited for aging-in-place. The clients wanted to create something new that would reflect their modern sensibilities and environmental stewardship.

The client, design team, and builder kept these ideals at heart and worked hard to create a house that achieved LEED Platinum certification. To reach this goal the client had to embrace all aspects of the program with particular interest in conservation of materials, energy, and water.

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Features that contributed to the LEED Platinum certification:
1. Drought tolerant and nonivasive plants used in
landscaping
2. High efficiency irrigation system with timers
and rain sensors
3. Durable metal cladding
4. Durable metal roofing
5. Energy efficient advanced framing techniques
used
6. Low VOC interior paint
7. Spray foam insulation
8. Cork flooring
9. Composite bamboo decking
10. Extensive air sealing between the house and
garage and an exhaust fan to prevent garage
pollutants from entering the house
11. Hydronic radiant heating in the lower level slab
12. All bathroom exhaust fans Energy Star labeled
13. Tankless water heaters; multiple water heaters
to reduce amount of standing hot water
14. Geothermal HVAC system
15. Central vacuum system to control indoor
contaminants
16. HRV whole house ventilation system
17. Passive radon system
18. Achieved a HERS index of 45

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