Project Profiles

From high-density affordable apartment buildings to high-priced luxury homes, the green housing options run the gamut – and they just continue to grow. More than 300 homes have already been certified under the LEED for Homes pilot program, and more are achieving certification every day. Browse these project profiles to see what people are doing to make their homes green, and check back often, as new profiles will be popping up all the time.

Pleasant Hill Home, Freeport, Maine

Mort and Evelyn Panish's dream home is as efficient as it is beautiful. The 2,250-square-foot LEED-Silver home was built on a reclaimed sand pit, and it includes a rooftop solar array to help provide power without contributing to climate change.

Carsten Crossings, Rocklin, Calif.

The Oakgrove model featured in this profile is just one of several types of homes being sold in the Carsten Crossings subdivision – and all 144 homes in the neighborhood are LEED-Certified. Their residents save on average $1,400 every year in reduced utility bills, and the homes outsell the non-green competition at a rate of 2-to-1.

Tepeyac Haven, Pasco, Wash.

All 44 of the LEED-Gold homes in this affordable-housing development come stocked with water- and energy-efficient clothes-washers, dryers and dishwashers. Pasco Family Housing, a project of Catholic Charities Spokane, knew that building the development to LEED standards would not just be good for the environment; it would also make the homes affordable not just up-front but month by month, for years to come – every time residents' low water and electricity bills arrive.

Morrisania Homes, Bronx, N.Y.

When New York City and state officials began plans for a new affordable-housing project in the
South Bronx, they knew they wanted it to offer not just a place to live – but a place to thrive. The
resulting LEED-Silver Morrisania Homes is just that: an innovative new living environment with a strong
focus on protecting the health of its residents and of the surrounding environment, and it's the state's first affordable-housing project to achieve LEED certification.