Gontina goes for platinum LEED certification with Bloomfield home
As if Bloomfield Hills didn’t have enough shinny stuff, a platinum LEED certification could be on the way soon now that Gontina Building & Design has started construction on a home with the highest green credentials.
There’s the kind of green accreditation corporations use to “wash” their identities …and then there’s platinum green – rare environmental credentials that don’t come cheaply.
Gontina Building & Design is going for the latter. The Clawson-based company recently broke ground on a house in Bloomfield Township that is going for platinum LEED certification, the highest certification awarded by the U.S. Green Building Council.
The 3,700-square-foot building utilizes a number of environmentally friendly features that would make just about any tree hugger smile. Among them are structural insulated panels, insulating concrete forms, a geothermal heating and cooling system, recycled glass countertops, bamboo flooring, natural wool carpeting and low volatile organic compound paint.
A LEED home is typically use 30 to 50 percent less energy than conventional homes. This house, and others built by Gontina, rank in the top 1 percent of homes in southeastern Michigan for energy performance. Gontina focuses on designing and building environmentally sustainable projects.
Source: Gontina Building & Design
Writer: Jon Zemke
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