New World Home

The New York Post writes about New World Home’s contribution to New York’s growing list of LEED buildings:

In the seven years since Battery Park City’s Solaire building became New York’s first LEED-rated residential development, eco-conscious construction has gone from being rare to almost run-of-the-mill. As of September, New York boasted 46 LEED-certified buildings, and another 550 future developments were planning to apply for LEED status.

New World has turned out three LEED platinum-rated homes — all of them achieving that distinction without using any alternative energy sources such as geothermal or solar.

“There’s a lot of building science within the houses that most homebuilders don’t go into,” New World Home co-founder Mark Jupiter says. By paying close attention to details like framing technique and window and eave placement, the company has been able to turn out homes more than twice as energy-efficient as typical models.

Mark Jupiter explains his decision to build houses modularly like this: “What airplane would you rather fly in? One built in someone’s backyard, or one built in the Boeing factory?”

The entire article is available here.

Jetson Green reports that New World Home recently took LEED platinum for another traditional home in Georgia. An excerpt:

This 2,869 square-foot, three-bedroom, two-and-a-half bathroom home was built for efficiency first, skipping costly renewable energy sources, such as solar panels, wind turbines, and geothermal systems.

Green features include an Energy Star metal roof, bamboo floors, efficient Pella doors and windows, an energy recovery ventilation system, Wattstopper lighting controls, no-VOC Benjamin Moore Aura paints, Kohler fixtures, Caroma dual-flush toilets, Icynene insulation, FSC certified lumber framing, Hardie ColorPlus siding, PEX tubing, and a Takagi tankless water heater.

There’s also drought tolerant, low-maintenance landscaping, permeable paving, and a rainwater harvesting system. In an email, New World Home told Jetson Green the home is located in one of the top school districts in the area.

New World Home was recently awarded LEED® for Homes Platinum, NAHB Gold and EarthCraft Gold certification for our Chadwick design in Atlanta, GA. Once again, these certifications were achieved without the need for any costly renewable energy sources (solar panels, wind turbines or geothermal systems).  This home also won the 2010 Energy Value Housing Award (EVHA) in the Moderate Climate, Factory-Built category. The EVHA program is organized by the National Association of Home Builders and the award was presented to the company founders at the recent International Builders Show in Las Vegas.

These certifications add to a string of achievements for New World Home projects. Additionally, the company’s first LEED Platinum certified house recently won the EarthCraft Project of the Year Award – 2009 for single family construction.  The prestigious EarthCraft award recognizes accomplishments in green building across the Southeastern United States.