Smart Home 2013
Glenn Layton Homes was enthusiastic to be selected as the builder of the HGTV Smart Home 2013 in Jacksonville Beach community of Paradise Key South Beach. The HGTV Smart Home features the latest and greatest in smart home qualities, efficiencies and environmentally friendly construction practices.
Glenn Layton Homes worked side-by-side with Jack Thomasson, HGTV’s house planner, interior designer Linda Woodrum, local architect Mike Stauffer, and Paradise Key South Beach Developer Lon Walton throughout the design and building process, interior decorating, and finishing touches all to highlight the HGTV SmartHome functions provided inside and out of this home.
The Home
The architecture is a coastal vernacular with gracious front porches, a mix of clapboard, shingles and stucco exteriors, metal roofs, and white picket fences that enliven the enchanting designs.
The Community
Paradise Key is a pedestrian and bicycle friendly neighborhood with footpaths and wooden walking bridges. The distinctive beach community is surrounded by natural vegetation of live oaks, pines and palmettos. Traditional styles and indigenous building techniques have influenced Paradise Key.
USGBC® LEED® Gold
It isn’t a secret that the HGTV Smart Home has amazing features and technology. But did you also know that the HGTV Smart Home built by Glenn Layton Homes is also energy and water efficient, healthy, environmentally friendly, and will save money for operations and maintenance? It is all true … and certified. Glenn Layton Homes received from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC®) a certification of LEED® Gold.
LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. USGBC certifies LEED Gold through a third-party verification process that demonstrates how the HGTV Smart Home complies with a variety of categories, which are:
Sustainable Sites- Water Efficiency
- Energy & Atmosphere
- Materials & Resources
- Indoor Air Quality
- Location & Linkage
- Awareness & Education
Some of the unique design features that are found in the HGTV Smart Home 2013 include:
- High efficiency heating and cooling
- High performance windows
- Recycled and renewable building materials
- Florida friendly landscaping that reduces the need for irrigation
About the USGBC®
The U.S. Green Building Council® is committed to a prosperous and sustainable future for our nation through cost-efficient and energy-saving green buildings. With a community comprising 78 local affiliates, more than 20,000 member companies and organizations, and more than 140,000 LEED® Professionals™, USGBC® is the driving force of an industry that is projected to contribute $554 billion to the U.S. gross domestic product from 2009-2013. USGBC leads an unlikely diverse constituency of builders and environmentalists, corporations and nonprofit organizations, elected officials and concerned citizens, and teachers and students. USGBC is the developer of the LEED green building certification program and the convenor of the Greenbuild® International Conference & Expo. www.usgbc.org/about
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