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	<title>LEED for Homes Illinois &#187; Single-Family Projects</title>
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		<title>Builder Takes Foreclosed Home to LEED Platinum</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 20:29:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finding diamonds in the rough has been the strategy for many a house-flipper, and there are plenty of people doing that with the number of foreclosed homes available on the market.  However, a new spin on this is taking a foreclosed home that needs a gut rehab and turning it into a LEED-certified home, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Photo Tour of LEED Platinum home</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 23:24:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chicago Magazine recently profiled a gut rehab home that achieved LEED Platinum certification, and included a photo tour of the home along with affordable green home remodel. View details at the Chicago Magazine online blog. See this home for yourself at our tour on May 5! &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Prefab LEED Home Focus of Green Magazine</title>
		<link>http://www.leedforhomesillinois.org/single-family/prefab-leed-home-focus-of-green-magazine-870</link>
		<comments>http://www.leedforhomesillinois.org/single-family/prefab-leed-home-focus-of-green-magazine-870#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 17:08:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Single-Family Projects]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[prefab]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Chicago&#8217;s green consumer magazine, Mindful Metropolis, released their January issue with an article focusing on the first prefabricated LEED home in the city of Chicago.  The project, which AES toured in December, is the focus of a two-page cover story discussing the evolution of prefab homes as an affordable green alternative.  The magazine has an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Northbrook&#8217;s First LEED Home &#8211; Permit Rebate</title>
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		<comments>http://www.leedforhomesillinois.org/single-family/northbrooks-first-leed-home-permit-fee-rebate-808#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 13:50:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Single-Family Projects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[incentives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LEED Silver]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article republished from patch.com As the first planned green home in Northbrook, the 4,500-square-foot, 2-story, 4-bedroom house will take advantage of the land&#8217;s orientation and unique flood, solar, and energy conservation characteristics. The home&#8217;s owner and general contractor is Ihab Riad, owner of Green Park Construction, a builder of luxury custom homes. As the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Passive House, LEED Platinum, HERS 3</title>
		<link>http://www.leedforhomesillinois.org/single-family/passive-house-leed-platinum-790</link>
		<comments>http://www.leedforhomesillinois.org/single-family/passive-house-leed-platinum-790#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 17:54:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Single-Family Projects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LEED Platinum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[net zero homes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Imagine that every building maintained the ecological balance needed to sustain life on earth. An immensely complicated goal?  Maybe.  But if we put our fears of failure at the back of the bus, we will maximize the possibility of success. An Ecologically Balanced Building (EBB), then, is the most advanced building possible for our times [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Racine LEED home shows Modern Minimalism is Green</title>
		<link>http://www.leedforhomesillinois.org/single-family/racine-leed-home-green-727</link>
		<comments>http://www.leedforhomesillinois.org/single-family/racine-leed-home-green-727#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 14:17:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Single-Family Projects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[air leakage]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[AES certified another LEED Platinum home in Wisconsin that features a picture-perfect location on Lake Michigan&#8217;s west shore in Racine, Wisconsin. The Scekic-Osborne home is a three-bedroom, 1900 square foot home &#8212; an example of the recent trend of home sizes retreating to more reasonable levels rather than the McMansions of yesteryear. The home, designed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Certification: LEED Platinum in Chicago</title>
		<link>http://www.leedforhomesillinois.org/single-family/new-leed-certification-leed-platinum-net-zero-in-chicago-723</link>
		<comments>http://www.leedforhomesillinois.org/single-family/new-leed-certification-leed-platinum-net-zero-in-chicago-723#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 16:05:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Single-Family Projects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[air leakage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blower door]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[energy and atmosphere]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green roof]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gut rehab]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.leedforhomesillinois.org/?p=723</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Chicago&#8217;s Yannell residence has gained a lot of notoriety as the first &#8220;net-zero&#8221; home in the city &#8211; capable of producing as much energy as it consumes. Yet another home on Chicago&#8217;s far northwest side, the Helenowski Residence, has joined the prestigious ranks of ultra-green LEED Platinum homes. In fact, it&#8217;s one of the highest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Healthy Home 2010 to Max out IEQ Points</title>
		<link>http://www.leedforhomesillinois.org/single-family/healthy-home-2010-to-max-out-ieq-points-674</link>
		<comments>http://www.leedforhomesillinois.org/single-family/healthy-home-2010-to-max-out-ieq-points-674#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:38:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Single-Family Projects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthy home 2010]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[indoor air plus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[palatine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ventilation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A LEED home in Palatine offers exemplary design details, intending to max out the Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) section of the LEED for Homes rating system. In a groundbreaking partnership with industry leaders in green design, Healthy Child Healthy World plans to create a real-life, interactive, educational model for healthier living. Healthy Home 2010: Designer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chicago to Welcome its First Prefab Green Home</title>
		<link>http://www.leedforhomesillinois.org/single-family/chicago-to-welcome-its-first-prefab-green-home-563</link>
		<comments>http://www.leedforhomesillinois.org/single-family/chicago-to-welcome-its-first-prefab-green-home-563#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:33:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Single-Family Projects]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.leedforhomesillinois.org/?p=563</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Alliance for Environmental Sustainability (AES) announces an exciting new addition to its LEED Homes roster in Illinois: the first prefabricated “green” home to be built in Chicago, which will earn the prestigious LEED Platinum certification upon completion. LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) for Homes certification provides third-party assurance that a home complies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Builder pitches net-zero energy LEED homes</title>
		<link>http://www.leedforhomesillinois.org/single-family/builder-pitches-net-zero-energy-homes-517</link>
		<comments>http://www.leedforhomesillinois.org/single-family/builder-pitches-net-zero-energy-homes-517#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:24:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Single-Family Projects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leed for homes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[new lenox]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Solar panels and wind turbines sold Meg Barrett and Doug Smit on the Prairie Ridge Estates development in New Lenox. &#8220;I would be an ambassador for this type of technology,&#8221; Barrett said. (David Pierini, Chicago Tribune / July 28, 2010) A newly formed company thinks the beacon that will attract homebuyers to its patch of [...]]]></description>
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