1532mlk.com

location features:

• 10 minute walk to bart
• 8 minute walk to safeway, andronico's,
  and shattuck ave neighborhoods retail
• 18 minute walk to uc and downtown berkeley
• one block from berkeley bike boulevard
• within a block of two cross town ac transit lines

buildings/construction features:

overall energy efficiency

• cottage: greater than 40% better than ca title 24 min std
• flats: greater than 32% better than ca title 24 min std

power source

• flats: solar power system

foundation

• 50% fly ash content concrete
• recycled from boards used as structural elements

framing

• beams and headers-engineered lumber
• joists-composite engineered lumber
• sub-floor-engineered lumber
• exterior sheathing-engineered lumber

insulation

• greenguard certified fiberglass batts-low voc
• 85% recycled content cellulose (walls)
• blown in fiberglass-optima-greater than r-39

windows

• kobe dual pane, low emmissivity, all-clad, energy efficient

flooring

• bamboo hardwood-sustainable species
• marmoleum-zero voc sheet vinyl

appliances/fixtures

• all appliances are energy star
• on demand takagii tankless water heater-low gas usage
• dual flush toilets
• light fixtures-energy start-cfls

interior paint

• enviro coat-low voc (less than 15 grams/liter)

exterior finishes

• cement hardie board
• exterior paint-e-coat  re-use content

hardscape/landscape

• walkways and parking-high recycled content concrete
• native plant/drought tolerant species
• garden flat: mariposa slate patio (leed regional material credit)
• recycled steel handrails