LEED for Homes Tour - A Success!
By Brita Brookes | Marketing Coordinator
The USGBC Florida Gulf Coast Chapter's Tampa Branch teamed up with Fieldstone Architecture and Engineering and Homeowner Kathleen Farr to open the Farr home to the public for a tour of this high-performance residence. The home was recently featured in a Tampa Tribune newspaper article which assisted in getting the word out about the amazing home. To read this article see this LINK.
Located in the historic Temple Terrace neighborhood of Riverhills, this project is LEED registered and hopes to achieve Gold status. Owner Kathleen Farr's design criteria was admirable and simple: environmentally sensitive, durable, low maintenance, high-performance envelope, adds value to the neighborhood, demonstrates best practices, dog friendly, and the highest LEED rating possible!
Architect Bryan Barrett and the design and engineering staff of Fieldstone introduced Kathleen to LEED. She embraced the program and wanted to incorporate it into her new home design. She immediately entered her home into the LEED certification program and managed the detailed application process. The team effort allowed the design and construction team to focus on the physical constraints of the project.
The home is meticulously designed around two 100-year-old live oak trees -- the structure is perched above the roots, below the canopy, and around the large trunks. Some the features of the home include concrete grade beams on 60' timber piles; insulated concrete form building envelope; geo-thermal mechanical system; high-efficiency lighting and plumbing fixtures; xeriscaping; rain gardens; and a contemporary architectural design style.
Fieldstone A&E architect Bryan, homeowner Kathleen, the J Bolt Construction design/build team and the Tampa Branch's USGBC volunteers completed an exciting and well attended guided tour of this distinctive project on August 27, 2015. The tour began on the front porch of the ICF wall built structure and continued inside where the group learned about the geo thermal heating and cooling system, high efficiency fixtures, permeable driveway pavers and native plantings landscape and rain garden.
The tour group was comprised of USF students, USGBC members, landscape architects, local environmentalists and the Fieldstone team. Congrats on a great tour. To see the photo album go to this LINK.
Contact:
To learn more about this project:
Bryan Barrett, Architect - FieldstoneAE
14055 Riveredge Drive, Suite 460, Tampa, Florida, 33637
Office: (813) 466.3310 x207
bbarrett@FieldstoneAE.com
