Spencer's Crossing is the Nation's 1st Residential Development to Achieve Both a Certified Green Status With the GE Ecomagination Program and a Gold Level Status With the U.S.G.B.C. LEED for Homes Program

June 11, 2009

BALTIMORE, June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- MICHAEL PHELPS ISN'T THE ONLY "Michael" IN BALTIMORE BRINGING HOME THE GOLD: Spencer's Crossing, developed by Michael Sabracos and BUILDERS One, achieves the nation's 1st Gold Level Project status with the U.S. Green Building Council LEED for Homes program, along with a Certified GREEN status in the homes inspired by GE's Ecomagination(SM) program. By turning the GREEN into GOLD, the homeowners at Spencer's Crossing can put more GREEN back in their pockets. A large group of green building advocates, representatives of GE Ecomagination and the U.S.G.B.C., and Baltimore County Officials celebrated the grand opening of Spencer's Crossing -- our nation's first residential development to achieve both a Gold LEED status (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) and a Certified Green status with the GE Ecomagination program. Developed by Michael Sabracos and the local firm BUILDERS One, these new carriage homes are guaranteed to cut home heating and cooling costs by 53% compared to standard construction.

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