BioCasa 82 boasts bragging rights as Europe's first LEED Platinum home

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There are very few LEED Platinum homes around – the green building standard's highest rating – and this scarcity becomes even more pronounced once you leave the US. Italian home BioCasa 82 boasts bragging rights for being the first private residence in Europe to achieve LEED Platinum, and as you'd expect, it's a very energy-efficient home, deriving 55 percent of all required energy from renewable sources... Continue Reading BioCasa 82 boasts bragging rights as Europe's first LEED Platinum home

Section: Architecture

Tags: Energy-efficient, Home, LEED, Photovoltaic

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