Nothing green.” In 2008, that was a couple’s caveat to architect Nate Kipnis when they hired him to renovate their Colonial home. “They thought it would look too high-tech or out-of-the box, and didn’t understand environmentally sustainable design,” he says.
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Many don’t. Mention “green” and visions of the modern multimillion dollar dazzlers on magazine pages come to mind, such as the Zero Net Energy Home in Chicago. In 2009, the $2.2 million, 2,675 square foot residence became the nation’s first to attain platinum certification from the U.S. Green Building Council LEED for Homes program (the acronym stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design). With dual soaring butterfly roofs and glassy walls framed with sleek cedar and cement board cladding, it stands out from the vintage housing stock that surrounds it.
Yet “green” doesn’t have to be synonymous with edgy or super-expensive. A picturesque, 5,500-square-foot Glencoe, Ill., residence designed by Kipnis for Barry and Natalie Slotnick proved the point when it became the second home in the state to be certified LEED platinum last July. “It’s classic in style, proportion and form but modern in its use of systems and materials — and more than twice as large as the Chicago home yet cost 60 percent less to build,” says Kipnis.
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