Environmentally friendly house goes platinum
Steve Blanchard, a real estate development investor, had an idea to build a house for his family that would efficiently use energy and be environmentally friendly.
Orange County's first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) house is located on Gisler Ave. in Costa Mesa.
Today his house at 1811 Gisler Ave. in Costa Mesa is the first in Orange County to receive a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design platinum rating from the U.S. Green Building Council. In the parlance of green building, the designation is known as LEED certification.
But in plain English, that means Blanchard’s house is considered one of the most environmentally friendly houses in Orange County.
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