Sustainable Building Practices for the Net Zero ICONIC Home
Source: https://iconiclife.com/environmental-sustainability-interview-sustainable-building-how-tos/
Author: Kaitlyn Beickel
The Net Zero ICONIC Home is a sustainable, net-zero energy building design that produces at least as much renewable energy as it consumes on an annual basis. Brad Leavitt, President of AFT Construction, was selected to build the Net Zero ICONIC Home, bringing with him an impressive background in exceptional construction and a desire to promote sustainable building practices. “When we were starting to design, a big thing was understanding all the concepts of net zero,” Leavitt says. A net zero home is a lot like any elegant custom home—only better—better for the residents, better for environmental sustainability and better for the planet. A net zero home is so airtight, well insulated and energy efficient that it produces as much renewable energy as it consumes annually. Plus, design decisions made inside allow for temperature management with minimal energy, water conservation, air purification, healthy natural light exposure and sustainable, natural, healthy interiors and products in the home. “We worked with K & Q Interiors on the interior design, our architect was Cosan Studio, Scott Carson, and so you can see that we tried to source locally, and that’s a big part to sustainability,” Leavitt says. “If you think about the the carbon footprint when things ship across the world or country, trying to keep things local was really important.”