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Ridgefield “Net-Zero” House Powered Fully by the Sun

Ridgefield “Net-Zero” House Powered Fully by the Sun NewsTimes, Feburary 23, 2017 This article about a sustainable Net0-Zero Energy home built by BPC Green Builders and designed by Trillium Architects starts: "After nearly a year in their new home, the Ranades haven’t had to pay a nickel for the energy needed to run it. [...]

By |2021-04-28T11:33:51-04:00February 28th, 2017|Categories: Articles about BPC, News from BPC|Tags: |

BPC Earns USGBC LEED Homes Award for 2015 “Outstanding Single-Family Project”

June 2016 Front View On June 28, 2016 the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced that the single family Taft School Faculty Home, which BPC Green Builders built and Trillium Architects designed, in Watertown, Connecticut was awarded the national 2015 LEED Homes Award for “Outstanding Single-Family Project”. According to USGBC the annual LEED Homes [...]

By |2022-03-16T10:55:51-04:00June 29th, 2016|Categories: News from BPC|

BPC Green Builders Wins US DOE 2015 Housing Innovation Award Grand Prize

BPC Green Builders won the overall Grand Prize in the 2015 Housing Innovation Awards from The US Department of Energy for “Custom Innovation on the Path to Zero Net-Energy Ready Homes” for a new colonial-style home in Watertown. This home was commissioned by the Taft School as a new faculty home which could also [...]

By |2019-04-16T16:39:12-04:00October 30th, 2015|Categories: News from BPC|

Taft School Faculty Home becomes Second PHIUS Certified Passive House built by BPC Green Builders

July 2015           A new colonial-style home in Watertown, CT, has been certified as a Passive House by Passive House Institute US (PHIUS). For a home to meet this standard, it must meet a series of strict performance standards that result in an 80% reduction in energy required to operate [...]

By |2019-04-16T16:37:20-04:00July 30th, 2015|Categories: News from BPC|

BPC Green Builders Wins Housing Innovation Award for the Second Time

September 2014 Connecticut's First Passive House Certified Home Connecticut's first PHIUS certified home. The first PHIUS certified home in Connecticut is owned by Mike Trolle, co-owner of BPC Green Builders, and is now a multiple award winner: the US Department of Energy's Housing Innovation Award for "Custom Innovation on the Path to [...]

By |2022-03-16T11:39:51-04:00September 16th, 2014|Categories: News from BPC|
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