NGBS Impact Case Studies
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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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TNAR 2022 is an innovative masterpiece. It features technological advancements that allowed the home to achieve exceptional levels of energy efficiency and sustainability while retaining and enhancing its original mid-century modern design.
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The New American Remodel (TNAR) 2021 is among the first single-family homes to achieve NGBS Green Certification under the 2020 version of the National Green Building Standard (NGBS). It was also among the first to earn the NGBS Green+ NET ZERO ENERGY and WELLNESS badges.
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In the spring of 2018, I began planning the renovation of a historic rowhouse in the Station North neighborhood, with the goal of turning a 100-year-old vacant brick shell into a net-zero energy, LEED Platinum + NGBS Emerald certified home. Two years later, I received my first bill from Baltimore Gas and Electric showing a negative balance.
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