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LEED Platinum Rating Ranks Deltec among Nation’s Elite Green Builders

ASHEVILLE, N.C., May 16 /PRNewswire/ — Deltec Homes recently announced
the completion of a LEED Platinum Home, achieving the highest possible
certification from the LEED(R) (Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design) Green Building Rating System administered by the US Green Building
Council (USGBC). The home was constructed from foundation to finish in 106
hours for the television show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. One of only
25 Platinum certified homes nationwide, the home also achieved the Gold
level awarded by the National Home Builder’s Association Green Building
Program. Celebrating 40 years of building sustainable, wind resistant,
circular homes, Deltec is the first home builder to receive top ranking by
both programs.




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The construction of the award-winning home was featured on ABC
Network’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition on May 18. Deltec led a volunteer
team of 17 builders from across the country to build a wind resistant home
for a New Orleans family whose house was severely damaged twice-first by
Katrina, then by a tornado that devastated their neighborhood. The first
LEED certified home in Louisiana and the first green certified, hurricane
resistant home for Extreme Makeover, the Deltec home was completed in only
four days.

USGBC President, CEO and Founding Chair Rick Fedrizzi presented the
LEED Platinum award to the homeowner and building team with high praise for
the unprecedented accomplishment.

“The collaborative effort required to create this home is to be
commended,” said Fedrizzi. “With their leadership and commitment to best
practices in green building, Deltec is at the national forefront in the
industry, setting an example for us all to reduce our environmental
footprint, cut our energy bills, and come home to a healthier place to
live.”

The LEED certification system is a third party, consensus-based
national program for green building. Both LEED and NAHB programs promote a
comprehensive, integrated approach to sustainability by recognizing and
rating performance in key areas including site selection and development,
energy and water efficiency, materials selection, resource efficiency,
indoor environmental quality, and homeowner education. Deltec earned points
in all categories to create an environmentally responsible, healthy home.

Deltec’s Green Building Coordinator Steve Linton was on site for the
duration of the project. “The LEED Platinum project sets the standard for
the next generation of homebuilding. The Deltec design was able to provide
another dimension to the project, one of safety,” said Linton.

Deltec has been providing hurricane resistant eco-friendly homes since
1968. After forty years in the homebuilding business, Deltec has never lost
a home to high winds. Eight Deltec homes were in the direct path of Katrina
and none suffered any structural damage according to Linton.

Deltec’s in-house green building department offers resources and
education designed to help customers achieve the desired level of
sustainability. As a testament to their dedication to best practices,
Deltec uses 100% renewable energy to produce the structural components of
its homes, and ships them directly to the job site where they are assembled
and finished by local labor. Each home is specifically designed and
engineered to meet or exceed the local codes where it is shipped.

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, which has won back-to-back Emmy Awards
as Best Reality Program (non-competitive), is in its 5th season on ABC. The
program is produced by Endemol USA, a division of Endemol Holding. Denise
Cramsey is the executive producer; and David Goldberg is the president of
Endemol USA.



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Source: Real Estate Newswire