Friday, February 4, 2011

42 Ralph Talbot Street - Blower door Test & Energy STar Audit results

Well folks, life got a bit ahead of us and we hadn't blogged for a while. We hope everyone is weathering these snow storms well.

Here's the final post on 42 Ralph Talbot.

We have good news and great news!





The good news is that we had an offer on the property that we accepted and this project sold early November, 2010.





The great news:
we not only had a successful blower door test but we made Energy Star level II on this project and we were thrilled to have it in the October 2nd 2010 NorthEast Sustainable Energy Associations Green House Tour.



Our energy audit resulted us in a 55 HERS RATING! That brought this project to a Level II Energy Star level, making this home 45% more energy efficient that standard code requires.



Everything that went into this beautiful "Old meets New" renovation from the High Efficiency heating & air conditioning systems, the HRV (heat recovery ventillation system), the CFL light bulbs, reusing the antique wide pine flooring to the BIB insulation system made it a candidate for the Green Buildings Open House tour on October 2nd, 2010. During our first open house we had over 120 people walk through and we had a very successful Green Buildings Open House tour a few weeks after that as well.


Thank you to all who made this project a successful and green rehab!
Stay tuned for our next project!

The MKE Development Team!