Coro is building a new home in Upper Deer Lake, Burnaby, with her partner Phillip Legg. They are targeting LEED Gold Certification. Read below for details.

What is LEED?

The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System™ encourages and accelerates global adoption of sustainable green building and development practices through the creation and implementation of universally understood and accepted tools and performance criteria. An internationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings - it is a third-party certification program providing building owners the tools they need to have an immediate and measurable impact on their buildings’ performance.

LEED Canada for Homes is a rating system that promotes the design and construction of high-performance green homes. A green home uses less energy, water and natural resources; creates less waste; and is healthier and more comfortable for the occupants. Certification is based on the total point score achieved, following an independent review and an audit of selected Credits. There are four levels of certification: certified, silver, gold and platinum. The home being built at 6336 Burns Street in Burnaby, BC is pursuing LEED Gold certification.

6336 Burns Street LEED For Homes Project

The 6336 Burns Street building project will be the home of Coro Strandberg, her partner Phillip Legg and their children. In order to ensure their home is as energy efficient as possible, reduces their water consumption and limits their exposure to chemicals and toxins, they are targeting a platinum Built Green™ designation in addition to the LEED Gold certification. Built Green is a voluntary industry program that promotes green building practices to reduce the impact buildings have on the environment. Like LEED, it provides guidance to builders on priority practices to reduce a building’s environmental footprint.

Coro and Phillip are also participating in the Light House Sustainable Building Centre 2010 Green Building Challenge, a program in which 10 British Columbian home owners, small business owners and strata councils receive free technical assistance for targeting a stringent set of energy, water, and waste reduction targets and strategies. Coro and the other participants benefit from 5 days of technical assistance from a green building professional and 240 hours of research and assistance from professional volunteer interns.

Coro’s early green building experience was profiled in Today’s Vancouver Woman magazine in March 2009.

Coro and Philip have contracted with Wallmark, custom home builders familiar with the Built Green program, to build their home. They have contracted e3 eco group to provide LEED Canada for Homes Provider and Green Rater services.

Download the Strandberg-Legg Green Building Fact Sheet (827 kb PDF)

Click here for details about the sustainable building goals for 6336 Burns Street

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