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GREEN HOME OF THE YEAR AWARDS

CREDIT: JEFFREY TOTARO

Opening way. The entrance to the house is a perfect combination of walking stones and water-
careful plants. CREDIT: JEFFREY TOTARO
BY GREEN BUILDER STAFF

HE LANG/ST. MARIE as a backyard retreat. The relationship with systems. Using those instructions, the
Residence is a the outdoors was of the utmost importance machines at the manufacturing facility
to the homeowners, she notes. A 10-foot-high
created panelized wall assemblies for the
prefabricated, Net Zero by 25-foot-wide retractable glass wall unifies home that were then transported from
home in the New Jersey the rear of the home and the backyard. Maryland to New Jersey, and assembled at
shore town of Spring Passive House developers, including the job site.
T Lake Heights, designed builder Mark Hermann, owner of Hermann BITS AND PIECES
Construction, were employed in the home’s
as a weekend retreat for a retired design, resulting in low energy consumption The aesthetic, application of building
couple from Brooklyn, New York. for heating and cooling, and a cozy, healthy science, and off-site fabrication combine
According to developers, the front of the indoor environment. The high-performance to make the Lang/St. Marie Residence the
modern Lang/St. Marie Residence blends triple pane windows allow for large expanses epitome of modern residential design,
into its well-established beach neighborhood of glass. With the addition of a roof-mounted Pedranti notes. The home was built using
in scale and appearance. The rear of the photovoltaic (PV) solar system, the home Passive House principles and building
home is a fresh turn on modern living. has achieved Net-Zero Building (NZB). science strategies that create a comfortable,
A stunning 16-foot cantilever cuts strong According to architect Richard Pedranti, affordable, sustainable house with low
horizontal lines across the landscape and this custom home was translated from energy consumption for heating and cooling.
creates a large covered outdoor space. existing building information modeling Sustainable building principles include
Landscape architect Marsha Lea joined the software into the machine language higher levels of insulation, airtight
project to create a breathtaking garden space understood by robotic manufacturing construction, triple-pane windows, the use

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