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Reclaimed wood plays a role in first LEED Gold home in Rhode Island

Carlisle was proud to be part of a high-tech yet very “green” new home-build in the beach community of Narragansett, Rhode Island. The home, which is a project of Green Life Smart Life, intends to demonstrate that families can go green and build a sustainable and realistic home without compromising the environment’s needs. See more about Green Life Smart Life here, and about the Carlisle partnership.

The home, owned by the Hageman family, had its Grand Opening in mid-December 2009. Check out this entry and slideshow about it at the Apartment Therapy blog

Some 3,500 square feet of Carlisle’s reclaimed prefinished milled barnwood with a Bradford umber stain are used throughout the home. Working closely with the owners, we found just the right old barn, which had been slated for demolition, and carefully dismantled it and a created gorgeous wide plank milled barnwood from the re-milled timbers.

The home is now LEED Gold Certified, which means it has received recognition from The Green Building Council, which looks at seven factors in homes: Innovation in Design, Location and Linkage, Sustainable Sites, Water Efficiency, Energy and Atmosphere, Materials and Resources, Indoor Environmental Quality.

This is the sixth house the couple has built and/or remodeled; and though each of the past homes have captured some of the elements of this home, this is the first project to converge all of the features of green and smart.

Here’s the full scoop on our reclaimed floors.

Posted on January 5, 2010 at 05:05 PM in Green Building • (0) Comments

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