Page 53 - Green Builder MagazineJan-Feb 2019 HOTY Issue
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                                                                                                  Here’s a smart


                                                                                                  home that’s


                                                                                                  safer, stylish


                                                                                                  and a whole


                                                                                                  lot of fun.




                                                                                                   BY ALAN NADITZ AND
                                                                                                   GREEN BUILDER STAFF
                                                                                                               HEN The Mountain
                                                                                                               Life Companies
                                                                                                               decided to build
                                                                                                               green housing in
                                                                                                               Breckenridge, Colo.,
                                                                                                 W there was a key
                                                                                                  element it knew it had to include:
                                                                                                  The homes had to be smart.
                                                                                                    That’s why the Victorian-style
                                                                                                  development, Epic on French—
                                                                                                  also known as the Epic Homes of
                                                                                                  Breckenridge—is out tted with
                                                                                                  integrated smart-home ecosystems
                                                                                                  designed to further the homes’
                                                                                                  eciency and sustainability.
                                                                                                  According to Garratt Hasenstab,
                                                                                                  president of Mountain Life
                                                                                                  Companies and Epic on French’s
                                                                                                  director of development, each
                                                                                                  smart home feature has been
                                                                                                  implemented to increase the
                                                                                                  occupants’ health, safety and
                                                                                                  comfort.







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