Green Facts
What makes your home a Green or Healthy Home?If they won’t let you put the following as the green features, then I would put the following paragraph or maybe do both-
Built to balance human needs with ecological imperatives without compromising quality, comfort or value. The home encompasses green building features: eco-friendly materials, low VOC paints, adhesives, and finishes, energy star appliances, advanced HVAC systems, air & water filtration, carbon dioxide detectors, a high efficiency building envelope, reduced light pollution, and recycled content materials. This is a perfect home for MCS or mold sensitivities.
Green Features:
• Cabinets -all wood- Cherry, Maple and Hickory
• Granite counters throughout
• EnergyStarTM High-end appliances
• Hardwoods and Natural Stone throughout with Carpeting of Natural Wool fiber making up
only 14% of total flooring material
• 2-Noritz Tankless water heaters
• Whole-house water filtration
• Copper plumbing
• Metlund® Hot Water D'MAND® System
• Toilets 1.6gpf
• CFL lighting throughout
• Natural day lighting from numerous windows
• Velux skylight for light and flow-through ventilation
• Windows are all wood. Thermo Paned NFRC certified.
• Icynene insulation (a water-based formula that contains no formaldehyde, CFCs or HCFCs and does not off-gas over time.) This insulation is also between all floors and walls.
• Tub cavities are Icynene filled to retain hot water efficiently.
• Home stays quiet and comfortable all year.
• Air tight building envelope (less than 3% leakage)
• Home passed a blower door test. (less than 3% leakage)
• HVAC 97% High efficiency systems -16 seer with variable speed blower with fresh air combustion. Zoned with programmable thermostats
• Heating: 2 Dual Fuel - Gas Forced Air Heat pumps
• Radiant Heat Floor in Master Bath
• Ducts and air handlers sealed with mastic
• Duct work caulked where boots meet sheetrock +/or flooring. Very important for High Efficiency HVAC’s
• Air Sealing Measures in chases, knee walls, plumbing gaps and other penetrations
• Roofing is EcoStar Majestic Slate roof tile - A recycled product with a 50-year transferable warranty covering materials and labor with a 110 mph wind rating.
• Copper gutters
• Pre-wired structured wiring for sound throughout the house
• High-speed connectivity (Cat 5e) pre-wired throughout the house
• Upgraded security system, smoke and fire alarms, carbon dioxide monitors
• Waterproof anti-fracture membrane installed under stone/tile floors
• Waterproof membrane behind all shower walls.
• Brick and mortar fireplaces, granite fireplace surround
• Whole House Water Filtration System
Indoor Air Quality - additional measures taken. Great for MCS or mold sensitivity
• April Air Media Filters which exceed the Merv 9 requirements for indoor air purification)
• ERV system for fresh air exchange
• Exceptionally clean air/low dust environment
• Low voc paints, stains, adhesives, sealants, & other materials
• Multi-port Centralized Bath Exhausts with Timers
• No particleboard used in home or in cabinets
• The anti-fracture waterproof membrane used under stone flooring & behind shower walls prevents mold or mildew from starting.
• Limited use of PVC piping (waste lines) used in home. No vinyl in home
• Central vacuum (MD Manufacturing, Inc.- quietist and best filtration)
• Large shade trees and drought tolerant landscaping on 1+ acres.
• Natural Wooded Areas make up half the acreage.
• Fertile composted ground for organic gardening
• Designed for rain harvest irrigation system.
• Cabinets -all wood- Cherry, Maple and Hickory
• Granite counters throughout
• EnergyStarTM High-end appliances
• Hardwoods and Natural Stone throughout with Carpeting of Natural Wool fiber making up
only 14% of total flooring material
• 2-Noritz Tankless water heaters
• Whole-house water filtration
• Copper plumbing
• Metlund® Hot Water D'MAND® System
• Toilets 1.6gpf
• CFL lighting throughout
• Natural day lighting from numerous windows
• Velux skylight for light and flow-through ventilation
• Windows are all wood. Thermo Paned NFRC certified.
• Icynene insulation (a water-based formula that contains no formaldehyde, CFCs or HCFCs and does not off-gas over time.) This insulation is also between all floors and walls.
• Tub cavities are Icynene filled to retain hot water efficiently.
• Home stays quiet and comfortable all year.
• Air tight building envelope (less than 3% leakage)
• Home passed a blower door test. (less than 3% leakage)
• HVAC 97% High efficiency systems -16 seer with variable speed blower with fresh air combustion. Zoned with programmable thermostats
• Heating: 2 Dual Fuel - Gas Forced Air Heat pumps
• Radiant Heat Floor in Master Bath
• Ducts and air handlers sealed with mastic
• Duct work caulked where boots meet sheetrock +/or flooring. Very important for High Efficiency HVAC’s
• Air Sealing Measures in chases, knee walls, plumbing gaps and other penetrations
• Roofing is EcoStar Majestic Slate roof tile - A recycled product with a 50-year transferable warranty covering materials and labor with a 110 mph wind rating.
• Copper gutters
• Pre-wired structured wiring for sound throughout the house
• High-speed connectivity (Cat 5e) pre-wired throughout the house
• Upgraded security system, smoke and fire alarms, carbon dioxide monitors
• Waterproof anti-fracture membrane installed under stone/tile floors
• Waterproof membrane behind all shower walls.
• Brick and mortar fireplaces, granite fireplace surround
• Whole House Water Filtration System
Indoor Air Quality - additional measures taken. Great for MCS or mold sensitivity
• April Air Media Filters which exceed the Merv 9 requirements for indoor air purification)
• ERV system for fresh air exchange
• Exceptionally clean air/low dust environment
• Low voc paints, stains, adhesives, sealants, & other materials
• Multi-port Centralized Bath Exhausts with Timers
• No particleboard used in home or in cabinets
• The anti-fracture waterproof membrane used under stone flooring & behind shower walls prevents mold or mildew from starting.
• Limited use of PVC piping (waste lines) used in home. No vinyl in home
• Central vacuum (MD Manufacturing, Inc.- quietist and best filtration)
• Large shade trees and drought tolerant landscaping on 1+ acres.
• Natural Wooded Areas make up half the acreage.
• Fertile composted ground for organic gardening
• Designed for rain harvest irrigation system.