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Matching the Next Hurricane Sandy
This site on Long Island, New York, was once home to a 1940s cottage before Hurricane Sandy hit in 2012. Homeowner Kim Erle, a LEED AP in the LEED for Homes green building program, worked to start fresh with a LEED-certified, hurricane-proof home.
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Sustainable materials include sanitary and durable Caesarstone countertops, the Franke Planar 8 Kitchen sink and cabinets constructed from FSC-certified Shinnoki oak veneer panels. FSC-certified wood products are grown and harvested from well-managed forest resources.
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“First and foremost, we wanted a ‘green’ kitchen, which meant LED lighting, Energy Star appliances and materials chosen for their sustainable characteristics,” said Erle.
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The floors are wide-plank, character-grade oak finished from Woodwrights Wide Plank Flooring, a local manufacturer of luxury wide-plank flooring, and are finished with zero-VOC WOCA wood oil.
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The kitchen’s aesthetic is European with solid overlay doors and includes an island with waterfall sides fabricated from Caesarstone’s Fresh Concrete.
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The LEED for Homes green building program rewards projects that install more than 90 percent hard flooring, which is considered an Environmentally Preferable Product. 100 percent of Sunset Green Home’s floors will be hard flooring – either wood or tile, like the master bath’s Calacatta gold marble.
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Sunset Green Home uses a number of showerheads and hand showers with flow rates of 2.0 gpm and 1.75 gpm. With these WaterSense shower fittings, Sunset Green Home will earn one of two possible points in the shower category.
To earn two points for faucets, Sunset Green Home must install faucets with flow rates no greater than 1.5 gpm. Using Axor and Hansgrohe’s faucets permits Sunset Green Home to capture the maximum two points available in the Water Efficiency: Indoor Water Use category for faucets.
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The home uses the same porcelain tile in “Fog” color in all of the bathrooms except for the master. While the format will change (linear tile in the guest bath and large-format rectangular tile in the upstairs bathrooms), the material selection is consistent throughout the home.
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The bathrooms use materials like CertainTeed’s AirRenew Gypsum, which actively cleans air in the home, and Diamondback GlasRoc Tile Backer for moisture resistance.
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A LEED for Homes project may earn up to three points for energy- and water-efficient appliances. Sunset Green Home’s Samsung washing machine has an Integrated Water Factor (WF) of 2.7, a measure of the number of gallons of water per cubic foot of capacity. To earn the point, a project must install a clothes washer with the WF below 5.5.
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The LEED for Homes green building program awards a point toward certification to projects that “design a shoe removal and storage space near the primary entryway, separated from living areas.” The area must include seating and storage space for two pairs of shoes for each bedroom in the home.
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The pool house takes in the view of the nearby ocean and includes several outdoor showers.
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