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LEED PLATINUM IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL of certification that the USGBC offers in their LEED points-based rating system. For the first time (that anyone is aware of), owners of a Chicago townhome are undergoing a full gut-rehab of their 25 year-old townhome. This is a huge undertaking, however, it goes to show that townhomes can be converted to energy-efficient and socially responsbile abodes. While the LEED Platinum certification is certainly an enormous feat to accomplish, as shown by the 140 page LEED for Homes document here, there are numerous things that townhome owners can do to take small steps to reduce the impact on the environment, and their wallets.

Read the Chicago Tribune article here. It will be interesting to see if other Chicago townhome owners are willing to take as large an undertaking as this in the future.