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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