NGBS Impact Case Studies
Real-world examples highlight the benefits and impact of sustainable materials
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TNAH 2026 is a two-story home that features six bedrooms and seven and a half bathrooms located on Lake Osceola in Winter Park, Florida. This home contains a feature unique to typical Florida homes: a basement. Built with cast-in-place concrete walls, the basement contains an event space, wine cellar, game and theater room, and an automated car elevator and parking garage system capable of storing up to 17 cars underground.
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Linden Grove resets the bar for affordable senior housing delivering real savings, real comfort, cutting residents' utility costs all while creating a healthy environment that supports independence and overall wellness. Modular construction and rigorous third-party verification ensured design intent was executed on spec from concept through commissioning, so quality and performance show up in every unit.
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This single-family home, located near the Atlantic Ocean and Cape Cod National Seashore, achieved NGBS Green Certification at the Gold level and NGBS Green +NET ZERO ENERGY certification. Despite the challenges of its somewhat remote setting, the project was driven by an exceptional level of commitment from the homeowner, who consistently pursued additional NGBS practices. Supported by a top-tier design and construction team, the home showcases strategic investments in the building envelope significantly reducing the size and cost of energy systems while still delivering impressive energy savings and minimal usage.
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TNAH 2025 is a three-story home featuring five bedrooms, five and a half bathrooms, two garages and an in-law/guest casita.
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Prioritizing earning the NGBS Green +RESILIENCE certification, this home's renovations focused on resilient construction practices, which are designed to withstand natural and manmade disturbances while maintaining or quickly regaining their functionality.
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Grayson Lofts at Wakefield Station is a contemporary and industrial-chic multifamily community, converted from the former Harvard Knitting Mills, once the largest employer in Wakefield, employing 20% of all mill workers in New England. The redesigned brick building features three newly added stories over the original three story structure.
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TNAH 2024 is a one-story property located in an upscale neighborhood with floor-to-ceiling windows providing a stunning 180-degree view of the scenic mountains and the Las Vegas skyline.
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The TNAH 2023 is a two-story property that features five bedrooms, seven bathrooms, an office, and a two-car garage. This house boasts many luxury features including a spa, game room, fitness room, elevator, multilevel infinity pool, and expansive indoor outdoor living area.
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21 Revere Beach Boulevard – one of two buildings within the Ryder community of Revere Beach - is a 2020 NGBS Silver certified mixed-use building containing a total of 127 residential units and a 5,300 square feet restaurant in addition to retail space, all within a seven-story building.
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The Gladstone, in the Urban Downs community, sets a new bar in the creation of healthy, high-performing, and accessible homes. The Gladstone is the first home in Washington state to earn 2020 NGBS Green Certification — attaining Emerald Level, as well as NGBS Green+ WELLNESS and NGBS Green+ UNIVERSAL DESIGN certifications.
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