BASF demo home a winner.BASF BASF Bar Association of San Francisco (since 1872; San Francisco, California) BASF Badische Anilin und Soda Fabrik (German chemical products company) BASF Builders Association of South Florida announced that its green demonstration home, The BASF Better Home Better Planet: Near Zero Energy Home-Paterson, N.J., has been selected by the U.S. Green Building Council's (USGBC USGBC United States Green Building Council ) pilot testing for the recently launched Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System, developed by the U.S. Green Building Council, provides a suite of standards for environmentally sustainable construction. for Homes (LEED-H) rating system. According the USGBC, LEED-H is being developed with input from local and national stakeholder groups. It is a voluntary initiative promoting the transformation of mainstream home building towards more sustainable practices. Only twelve demonstration homes across the U.S. have been selected to undergo rigorous examination Once the competition is completed at year-end, the Paterson home will be donated to St. Michael's Housing Corporation for a local family with a quadriplegic quadriplegic /quad·ri·ple·gic/ (-ple´jik) 1. of, pertaining to, or characterized by quadriplegia. 2. an individual with quadriplegia. boy to occupy. |
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