Kim BrattainFounder/ CEO, Kim Brattain Media · Award-winning Corporate and Documentary Film Producer

Habitat Charlotte's LEED Platinum | Kim Brattain Media

18 Oct 2013 · 1 min

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In this short promotional segment, Habitat for Humanity representatives and a partner discuss a newly constructed Habitat home in Charlotte that has achieved LEED Platinum certification—the first such home in Mecklenburg County. They highlight the house’s high-performance design, including a tightly sealed building envelope, upgraded heating and cooling systems, and hard flooring to improve indoor air quality. The speakers note that the home is expected to deliver 20‑25% lower lifetime utility costs compared to a standard code‑built house. The segment also mentions the launch of an anniversary celebration that originally aimed for 30 projects in 30 days, which has expanded to 41 projects involving 120 partners, underscoring the collaborative effort behind the initiative.

This is another Habitat house under construction, and it's not just any house. It is a LEED-certified house. Not only that, it is Platinum, and that's a big deal.
This is going to be the first Platinum house built in Mecklenburg County, and so we're very proud of that. The house is going to be super efficient, very tight. We've beefed up the heating and cooling equipment. We've eliminated a lot of the carpet. It's all hard flooring, so the dust and the dander can't build up in the house.
Well, we're very excited that this house is LEED Platinum, and we're excited that Habitat approached us with this unique partnership because LEED Platinum is the mack daddy. There's LEED Certified, there's LEED Silver, and there's LEED Gold, but we're going all the way. This one's LEED Platinum.
That means that the house is going to be about 20 to 25% more affordable in terms of their utility costs over the life of the home than a standard code-built house.
So when we started this month-long anniversary celebration, we were going to do 30 projects in 30 days. Well, it's up to 41 projects now with 120 partners.