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GREEN HOME OF THE YEAR AWARDS

COURTESY OF GREENTECH CONSTRUCTION

No thermal breaks. Exterior rigid insulation keeps below-grade steel framing encapsulated within
the envelope. COURTESY OF GREENTECH CONSTRUCTION
BY GREEN BUILDER STAFF

EORGE YEAGER AND EPA WaterSense program for new homes. insulated panels (SIPs) and focuses on green
Thanks to various sustainable design
Sharon Riskedahl, elements, the house has a Home Energy building, Troth notes.
GreenTech opted for SIP 6-inch and 8-inch
owners of the Legacy Rating System (HERS) index rating of 17. wall panels, and 12-inch SIP roof panels. The
House in Lewis The average score for a home of Legacy’s home also features a 7.2kW solar panel array,
Center, Ohio, wanted size is 130. Yeager estimates that he and a high efficiency HVAC system, a heat pump
G to create a structure Riskedahl spent less than $1,000 on utility hybrid electric water heater, LED lighting,
ENERGY STAR appliances and other green
costs in 2020, including one month when the
®
that would be practical in an electric bill was a mere $4.63. “And we’re still benefits.
environment where reductions learning how to run the house,” notes Yeager, Meanwhile, all adhesives and paint finishes
in energy consumption and fossil in a report in the Columbus Dispatch. are zero or low volatile organic compound
fuel-based carbon emissions are (VOC). Boral siding that uses fly ash as
of very great importance. BUILDING BLOCKS a lightweight additive is installed on the
GreenTech Construction is one of 13 interior vaulted ceiling, which uses fly ash and
Dan Troth, owner of GreenTech “Preferred Builders” selected by the is Cradle to Cradle Certified for sustainability.
Construction in Delaware, Ohio, was happy developers at the Evans Farm urbanist Drexel metal roof uses 30 percent to 60
to comply. The result was a 2,466-square- community project, which hosts Legacy percent recycled materials and, like all metal
foot home that in 2019 was certified by the House. GreenTech got the green light from roofs, can last more than 50 years.
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) as a Zero Yeager and Riskedahl because it is the only In the Columbus Dispatch report,
Energy Ready Home, and is under the U.S. builder of the group that opts for structural Riskedahl said she’s delighted with the air

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