Lakeside Net Zero Outstanding Single Family Home Quality of Life Award for a project that has made significant efforts in improving health, wellbeing, resilience, and equity for building occupants and their communities, making spaces not just environmentally friendly but also people-friendly. 2024 U.S. Local Market Leadership Awards. These prestigious awards recognize projects, people, and partners […]
USGBC is pleased to announce the recipients of our 2024 U.S. Local Market Leadership Awards. These prestigious awards recognize projects, people, and partners from participating markets across the country for excellence in creating better buildings and improving the lives of all in their local communities. The 42 projects, 8 individuals, and 11 organizations recognized this year […]
A square and level floor system ensures that everything will be spot on as we continue to work our way up. We are also trying something new for this build. Instead of our typical double stud wall design, we had the 2×6 walls panelized with Zip System Insulated R-Sheathing to add an additional R6 and speed construction.
We are almost ready for insulation. All rough inspections have passed and the LEED Green Rater completed their inspections.
We are upping our game! Having several LEED Gold projects under our belt and a Passive House/LEED Platinum pre-certified project under way, we are always looking to improve our designs. We started with a stock plan and worked our magic to turn it into Southwest Michigan’s next extremely energy efficient, environmentally conscious, handicap accessible home!
