Imber Akse House – Burlington’s LEED home

We’ve been working through our LEED checklist with Branthaven Homes to ensure the points we project to receive are actually attainable, while also adjusting the design and planning to include some mandatory sustainable ideas to suit LEED.

LEED, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design is a quickly growing design and build standard that takes a holistic approach at creating a standard for the built environment, namely houses and commercial buildings. See our post or this link for more on LEED.

A few months ago we reviewed our plan with the LEED consultants and estimated our achievable points or score based on the LEED score card. Sustainable design is awarded points which can add up to various levels, LEED Certified, Silver, Gold and Platinum. We did very well but there was some work still to do to reach Platinum, and why not reach for the top. Many of the forth coming posts will subject our work and attention that’s being dedicated to pursuing LEED titled “LEED, the way”.

Branthaven Homes contacted us today to tell us they wished to enter the house in the LEED for Home Pilot Program for Canada! A LEED initiative is an important step for Branthaven’s quest for sustainable building and they feel that Imber Akse House is a natural first step due to the nature of the design. This is a very exciting possibility for us as it is a standard that we believe in and it can only help convince other builders and consumers that sustainability is an important aspect when building structures that will become a legacy for the next generation. Learn more about LEED programs and standards see: US Green Building Council – LEED USA or info on the Pilot: Canada Green Building Council – LEED Canada