U.S. Green Building Council Features California Residential Building as One of the World's 'Greenest'

April 02, 2008

Ranch House at Del Sur Is the Most Highly Rated New Construction Building Profiled by the Council WASHINGTON, April 1, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With Earth Day just weeks away, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) released a profile of the Ranch House at Del Sur, featuring it as the most highly rated "green" new construction building included in its "project profiles" of exemplary green buildings. The Ranch House is the welcome and information center for the "green" 1,800-acre Del Sur residential community in San Diego, Calif., developed by Black Mountain Ranch LLC. It is the second-highest rated building of its kind in the United States and one of fewer than 30 such buildings in the world. The Ranch House earned the highest possible rating from the USGBC -- Platinum LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification. LEED certification is the world's most widely recognized standard for sustainable, high-performance, low-energy-use buildings. With a point score of 59 out of a total 69 points possible, the 3,000-square-foot Ranch House is the first private-enterprise, new construction building to achieve Platinum rating in California, and one of only 30 such buildings in the world.

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