Winsome Home Achieves LEED Platinum status

We are delighted to announce that Earth Advantage has certified Winsome’s Nathan Good Vineyard Estate custom home with LEED Platinum status. 

Completed in February 2013, the custom 2-story home was designed by Portland/Salem architect Nathan Good and is located in a vineyard setting in Oregon’s beautiful Willamette Valley.

Home Details:

• 3,712 sq ft
• 5 bedrooms
• 3 bathrooms
• Attached garage
• HERS Index: 19
• IECC climate zone: 4
• EPA radon zone: 2
• Advanced Stick Framing
• Fly-ash in Concrete – Sequesters Fly-ash from coal plants
• Spray foam insulation
• Home fully wrapped in poly-iso nail base insulation
• Loewen triple-glazed windows
• Zehnder HRV
• Daikin Altherma Heat Pump System
• Radiant Floors
• 10,000 gallon catchment cistern
• 9kw photovoltaic array, panels made in Oregon
• 3 quarries used on this project are within line of sight
• Hardie Artisan® siding
• Artisan quarry stone veneer
• Native oak flooring and cabinetry from Zena Forest Products, a small custom sawmill located in the Eola Hills NW of Salem, OR sourced from their own FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) certified forest
• Architectural components sourced from blown down vertical grain fir tree on property
• Metal roof

What is LEED?

The LEED Rating System is the nationally recognized standard for green building. LEED certification recognizes and rewards builders for meeting the highest performance standards, and gives homeowners confidence that their home is durable, healthy, and environmentally friendly. The LEED for Homes program was developed for builders seeking to build certified high performance green homes that go beyond energy efficiency to incorporate a high level of sustainability features. Building a project that is LEED for Homes certified offers a distinct mark of excellence that can serve to highlight the builder’s experience. For the homebuyer, LEED is like the highly recognized nutrition label that demonstrates in measurable terms that a home incorporates efficient techniques and features, and that the final product has been third party-verified and performance tested.

https://www.earthadvantage.org/certification/leed-for-homes