Our House is now LEED GOLD CERTIFIED

by PierreV on December 28, 2011

Good news.  Zero Energy Design just received LEED Certification (GOLD) for our Little Compton House from the U.S. Green Building Council.

For more about LEED Certification visit:   http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CategoryID=19

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Watch Time Lapse of the Construction

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