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Based on an exceptional group of applications that were submitted,
the Challenge sponsors elected to include all 18 applicants in the competition! |
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Below is an overview of each participant and their project. Check back here often,
as periodic updates will provide the current status of these projects. |
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| 3 BD, 2800 sq ft |
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| Greenbrier - Williams Rd., Oakdale, CT |
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| This Zero Energy finalist home located in Oakdale, CT is also the Builders Association of Eastern CT Green Showcase Home of the year. The Greenbrier model home is the first in the Northeast and Connecticut and the second in the USA to be awarded the Emerald level of Certification by NAHB. > View Project Info |
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| 5 BD, 4944 sq ft |
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| 482 Trinity Pass, New Canaan, CT |
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| This new home, which is seeking certification within the LEED for Homes program at the platinum level, has been designed to look like a traditional Adirondack lodge. It appears smaller than it actually is at approximately 4,900 square feet of living space, including 5 bedrooms and three levels of living space. > View Project Info |
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| 4 BD, 5600 sq ft |
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| 39 Catoonah Rd., Ridgefield, CT |
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| This new home, which is seeking certification within the LEED for Homes program at the gold or platinum level, has been designed around an existing, older cape-style home. The home will have approximately 3,700 sq ft of finished living space. > View Project Info |
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| 4 BD, 3000 sq ft |
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| Lot 9 Heron Pond, Essex, CT |
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| This home being built in Essex, CT is part of an Open Space subdivision with a desirable location close to town that is meant to illustrate "best and highest use" of a building lot that is NOT optimal in terms of solar orientation and instead, has some physical constraints due to road layout, conservation restrictions and lot size. > View Project Info |
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| 4 BD, 3600 sq ft |
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| Killingworth, CT |
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| The initial concept was conceived to build a classic New England home, in a farm setting, with today’s modern systems and conveniences, all wrapped up into a home requiring Zero Energy. The goal of “a standard” home with high quality design was a must. > View Project Info |
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| 3 BD, 1935 sq ft |
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| 152 Cedar Swamp Rd., Hampton, CT |
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| The Crawford Residence is being built to meet ICC 2008 National Green Build Standards. It is taking a whole house integrated approach in design using advanced insulation techniques, .29 U value windows, solar orientation, proper site selection, rain gardens, Ground Source Heat Pump technology, ERV ventilation, and Energy Star appliances and lighting. > View Project Info |
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| 4 BD, 4600 sq ft |
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| 911 Candlewood Lake Rd., South New Milford, CT |
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| Our New Milford project is a new home built to replace an existing home on Candlewood Lake, that was lost to a fire two winters ago. The new home has four bedrooms and approximately 4600 sq ft of conditioned living space. > View Project Info |
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| 3 BD, 2690 sq ft |
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| 19 Shady Brook Extension, New Hartford, CT |
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| The Schaller Eco-Home is a 2700 sq ft single-family residence being built on a 4-acre home site in rural New Hartford, CT. The primary goals during design of the house were cost efficiency and an attempt to attain zero energy use through passive and active solar design, innovative heating and cooling technologies and energy efficient fixtures and appliances. > View Project Info |
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| 5 BD, 4363 sq ft |
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| 30 Berkshire Crossing, Avon, CT |
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The house to be built at 35 West Hills in Avon, CT is being built to prove that a sophisticated energy efficient building can also be an architecturally sophisticated, high end home that is indistinguishable from other conventionally constructed homes in the same neighborhood.
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| 3 BD, 2365 sq ft |
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| 208 Fox Hopyard Rd, East Haddam, CT |
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| The Residence at 208 Fox Hopyard Road is designed to blend perfectly into its beautiful surroundings. The home is approximately 2500 sq ft and will feature a first floor master suite and two additional bedrooms on the second floor, two and a half baths, a cozy second floor study loft, and a chef’s kitchen that opens up to an expansive dining room and a large family room with a wood-burning fireplace. > View Project Info |
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| 4 BD, 2296 sq ft |
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| White Oak Farms, 520 Lebanon Ave., Colchester, CT |
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| Nestled within 425 acres of rolling farm land sits an extraordinary new community of custom built super energy efficient homes powered by solar electric and heated/cooled with the latest in geothermal technology. White Oak Farm features new quality built homes that don’t pollute the environment and are energy self‐sufficient. > View Project Info |
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