Nov 16 2011

China’s Naked Home Village Aims for LEED Certification

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A luxury resort in Shanjiuwu, China, is seeking to become the first LEED Platinum-certified retreat. Naked Home Village, which boasts 70 buildings in its complex, will be among only eight other LEED-certified buildings in all of China.
Architect Delphine Yip, and her husband Grant Horsfield, have been working on the project for two years and have spent 200 million yuan ($31 million) installing a number of building techniques that are being used for the first time in China.
Yip is working with a Canadian company with a factory in Dalian that manufactures structurally insulated panel construction. They are utilizing prefabricated structures that are green and well insulated, so there’s no waste.
The couple decided to go for LEED Platinum because they were investing a lot of money into the project, and rather than just telling people it’s green, they wanted to get a legitimate and recognizable certification. It has been said that pursuing LEED certification adds one to five percent to a building project’s budget. Horsfield notes that every decision he and his wife have made regarding the project always leads back to their pursuit of LEED Platinum.

A luxury resort in Shanjiuwu, China, is seeking to become the first LEED Platinum-certified retreat. Naked Home Village, which boasts 70 buildings in its complex, will be among only eight other LEED-certified buildings in all of China.

Architect Delphine Yip, and her husband Grant Horsfield, have been working on the project for two years and have spent 200 million yuan ($31 million) installing a number of building techniques that are being used for the first time in China.

Yip is working with a Canadian company with a factory in Dalian that manufactures structurally insulated panel construction. They are utilizing prefabricated structures that are green and well insulated, so there’s no waste.

The couple decided to go for LEED Platinum because they were investing a lot of money into the project, and rather than just telling people it’s green, they wanted to get a legitimate and recognizable certification. It has been said that pursuing LEED certification adds one to five percent to a building project’s budget. Horsfield notes that every decision he and his wife have made regarding the project always leads back to their pursuit of LEED Platinum.

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