Santa Fe, New Mexico. The award-winning Emerald Home demonstrates how a high-end custom home,
with spectacular views, first-class amenities and exceptional finishes, can also produce its own energy… today.
This high performance home is expected to receive the highest levels of certification within Santa Fe’s newly
developed green building codes and is the pilot project for the program. Beyond the emphasis on energy, the home
will set the bar in five other categories including water efficiency, indoor air quality, resource efficiency,
site impact and homeowner education. The Emerald Home is setting the standard for future custom home building
and is projected to receive the prestigious LEED for Homes “Platinum” designation.
The Emerald Home is a statement of supreme excellence in the world of
green and sustainable building practices. It will achieve a Net-Zero
designation and corresponding H.E.R.S. (Home Energy Rating System) index
of “0”, the magic number of the 2030 Challenge…. 20 years in advance. Actually, it has achieved a HERS minus 2..!
Through conscious design and innovation, The Emerald Home incorporates superior building systems, technologies and
unique materials, while maintaining the highest level of craftsmanship and attention to detail. Beyond the LEED for Homes
“Platinum” designation The Emerald Home is the recipient of a United States Green Building Council (USGBC) educational
grant as the subject of an on-line course in Green & Net-Zero Energy Building through the Santa Fe Community College (coming Spring 2010).
The Emerald Home blends solar gain, thermal mass and a superior building envelope, while maintaining magnificent views of the Sangre De Cristo Mountains.
It is widely known that for homes to comply with a sustainable philosophy, size is a true consideration.
The Emerald Home, though providing 4135 square feet of heated space, will contain the embodied energy
of a much smaller home when compared to typical building methods.
For sales information for The Emerald Home, please click here.
The Emerald Home brochure (printable version), please click here.
Green's Anatomy
Su Casa Magazine article, Winter 2010, please click here.