New World Home has been awarded LEED(R) for Homes Platinum certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) for outstanding achievement in green homebuilding, representing the first factory-built home in the state of Georgia to earn this designation. In addition, the New World Home project is the first home of any type in Georgia to earn the prestigious Platinum rating without the need for any costly renewable energy sources, such as solar panels, wind turbines or geothermal systems.
The New World Home project, located in East Cobb County, also earned EarthCraft Gold certification as well as National Green Building Certification Gold, which is administered by the NAHB Research Center.
"This home brings green living to its highest level," says Mark Jupiter, co-founder and president of the Product Division for New World Home. "It also reflects our mission to provide traditional-style houses that incorporate a 'whole systems' design approach that results in a minimum 50 percent energy savings annually, reduces water consumption by thousands of gallons a year, provides a non-toxic indoor environment for the occupants and will save homeowners thousands of dollars a year in maintenance costs starting from day one."
Jupiter adds, "We believe people should be able to live in a home that meets or exceeds the highest green standards in the industry without requiring an array of solar panels on the roof or a wind turbine spinning in the backyard."
The company's trademarked New Old Green Modular(R) (NOGM(R)) design platform incorporates a holistic approach to historically inspired green building. The NOGM process results in homes built to exacting standards in less than 100 days, provides a healthier indoor environment and saves homeowners significant money with ongoing electricity, water, maintenance, heating and cooling expenses. The homes are constructed with lumber from sustainably harvested forests certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and include ultra efficient HVAC systems and low or no-VOC (volatile organic compound) paints, adhesives and finishes. Other base features of the NOGM homes include:
-- Spray foam insulated walls and rafters creating an air-tight thermal
envelope
-- Watersense fixtures, home-run plumbing and a tankless water heater
that reduces annual water usage by 40 percent
-- Low-E, argon-filled, dual-pane, energy-efficient windows that reduce
air leakage
-- A precast, insulated, moisture-resistant concrete foundation that
reduces the potential for mold and mildew growth
-- Advanced framing techniques that significantly reduce waste as well as
thermal bridging energy loss
-- Maintenance-free, fiber-cement exterior siding that will not rot or
warp and is flame- and insect-resistant
-- Non-Added Formaldehyde cabinets, floors and trim
-- ENERGY STAR(R) rated doors, windows, roof, ceiling fans and appliances
All New World Home NOGM designs are LEED(R) for Homes certifiable at a base level. "We want to help homeowners establish a lasting green legacy, a home that they can be proud of and one that will be around and safe for generations to come," says Tyler Schmetterer, the company's co-founder and chief operating officer. "Our turnkey green housing solution is an effective and affordable way for our customers to attain this important life accomplishment."
"Home buyers are eager to embrace energy efficiency -- and save money -- particularly if they don't need to learn how to use new equipment or monitor expensive technology," says Michael Natbony, the company's chief executive officer. New World Home's commitment to producing environmentally sensitive houses is reflected in the fundamentals of how they're built. "We're offering a sustainable -- even transformative -- way to design and mass-produce the greenest homes on the market that is accessible to as many people as possible," Natbony said.
The Platinum home in East Cobb showcases one of New World Home's traditional and regionally-derived American designs. According to Schmetterer, the underlying essence of a New World Home is that it aligns perfectly with the surrounding design vernacular, while simultaneously representing one of the greenest residential structures available in the country today.
About New World Home
New World Home's primary mission is to converge traditional home design with next-generation green technologies and highly efficient modular manufacturing methodologies representing the advent of the New Old Green Modular(TM) (NOGM(R)) home. A New World Home is respectful of our country's rich architectural heritage, mindful of the world's increasingly fragile environment and move-in ready in just a few short months. Customers have the unique ability to obtain a historically inspired, green home that is manufactured, transported, erected and finished in less than 100 days. Additional information is available at
www.newworldhome.com .
About the U.S. Green Building Council
The U.S. Green Building Council is a nonprofit membership organization whose vision is a sustainable built environment within a generation. Its membership includes corporations, builders, universities, government agencies and other nonprofit organizations. Since USGBC's founding in 1993, the Council has grown to more than 14,500 member companies and organizations. It has a comprehensive family of LEED(R) green building rating systems, an expansive educational offering, the industry's popular Greenbuild International Conference and Expo and a network of 77 local chapters, affiliates and organizing groups. For more information, visit
www.usgbc.org .
About LEED(R) for Homes
LEED(R) for Homes is a third-party certification system for high-performance green homes. Developed and administered by USGBC, LEED(R) for Homes awards points to projects in seven categories of environmental performance: Location & Linkages, Sustainable Sites, Water Efficiency, Indoor Environmental Quality, Energy & Atmosphere, Homeowner Awareness and Innovation and Design. For more information, visit
www.thegreenhomeguide.org .
