The Built Green Home at Suncadia

Interested in Learning More....?!?!

2008-08-28T15:12:00.001-07:00

We would love to tell you more about Grey Lundberg, Inc. and our showcase project The Built Green Home at Suncadia. Please visit us at www.greylundberg.com.

Visit Our New Website!

2006-04-05T10:04:00.000-07:00

Please visit our new website at www.thebuiltgreenhome.com.

The purpose of the website is the educate, raise awareness and create demand for green building. We look forward to your visit.

Best Wishes,

Jayme Mattson, CMI Homes
jayme@cmihomes.com

2006-02-02T13:33:00.000-08:00

Mock-up Display

2006-02-02T12:08:00.000-08:00

The mock up display on the garage provides the Suncadia Design Review Board a sample of what the finished materials on the house will look like. The mock up must be approved prior to the roofing, siding, windows etc being done.

Onsite Recycling

2006-02-02T11:58:00.000-08:00

CMI Homes prides itself in maintaining clean building sites and recycling all materials possible- which abides by the Suncadia Design Guidelines. The picture portrays the on-site recycling program which the working subcontractor crews dispose of their materials.

After the bins are full, Rolf (CMI Homes' on-site Superintendent) and others, drive the waste containers over to Suncadia's recycling center.

Snow in Suncadia

2005-12-02T08:50:00.000-08:00

12 inches of snow in Suncadia.

We almost have the roof on- the snow keeps on flying!

Swallow Tail Scarf Joint

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West Elevation

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West Elevation

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North West Elevation

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North Elevation

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Dormer

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Eyebrow dormer.

Covered Porch Area

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Post and beam covered porch.

Beams from Milled Logs

2005-11-23T15:14:00.000-08:00

10 X 10 posts and 6 X 12 beams milled from logs taken from the building envelope.

Part of South Elevation

2005-11-23T15:07:00.000-08:00

Part of southern elevation. Shows the framing of the roof. The exterior portions of the overhang are tongue and groove with open framing over the master bath area. This area will have a vaulted ceiling.

Breeze Way

2005-11-01T09:54:00.000-08:00

The breeze way connects the house to the detached two (2) car garage which has a seperate storage area and trash container closet.

Information Board

2005-11-01T09:51:00.000-08:00

Suncadia requires a fire estinguisher and shovel to be accessible on the site. CMI Homes decided to make the required items more easily accessible by constructing an a-frame structure and incorporating a first aid kit and a rendering of the Built Green home.

Framing

2005-11-01T09:43:00.000-08:00

View of detached garage from the street.

View of breeze way framing.

View of garage and breeze way framing.

View of the site from the second floor of the house.

Drilling

2005-11-01T09:30:00.000-08:00

Drilling of four (4)- 300 foot wells for the ground source geothermal system. The first well took four times as long as the other holes combined due to the smaller drill auger continuously being hung up on the rocky soil. This site required a larger auger and the drilling went quicker after the auger was changed out.

Model of the Built Green Home

2005-10-14T13:11:00.000-07:00

Here is the required model of the Built Green Home at Suncadia. This model was required for the Suncadia Design Review Board during the review process.

The Home Show 2

2005-10-14T12:26:00.000-07:00

The Built Green Home at Suncadia had a special corner in the Built Green booth during the Home Show 2 (October 6-9, 2005). Many visitors stopped by and were greeted by those manning the booth. Many questions arose regarding the Built Green Home at Suncadia. The most common ones were:

How much does it cost to make my home "green"?
What "green" products are available?
What benefits are there from having a "green" home?

It was very informative hearing the questions which were asked. I think we all walked away knowing a bit more about what the public is interested in learning from the Built Green Home at Suncadia project.

Daily Journal of Commerce Article

2005-10-11T12:45:00.000-07:00

Daily Journal of Commerce
Tuesday, October 11, 2005 9:41 AM

Environmental Showcase at Suncadia
By DIPIKA KOHLI Journal Staff Reporter

Rendering courtesy Richard Fisher Architects.

This 3,000 square-foot house is designed to the highest green rating under the local Master Builders Association program Built Green.

Bellevue company Contracting Management Inc., or CMI, is building a 3,000 square-foot home in Roslyn that the team hopes will inspire more residential green building.

Seattle architect Richard Fisher designed the house to the highest rating under Built Green, a program created by Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties.

The house is located on a golf course property in the resort community Suncadia, a 6,000-acre site about 85 miles southeast of Seattle. The house's sales price will be about $1.4 million. The developer is Brenda Nunes.

CMI President Grey Lundberg said Nunes had worked with his company in the past, and approached him to build the Roslyn house as a showcase project for Built Green. Lundberg said his goal is to show other contractors that building green is not "a weird way" of building, which is what he used to think.

"We wanted to show other builders these are things they're doing already," he said. People are already putting in efficient heating and cooling systems, controlling mold and moisture, using quality engineered lumber and generally building in ways that make a home last a long time. All of these are ways of building green.

Exposed posts and beams on the lodge, as well as some of the furniture, will be made of mostly Douglas fir and some pine trees taken from this site and milled in Roslyn, he said. When it's finished, there will be Energy Star appliances and light fixtures inside, as well as geothermal, radiant floor heating and air filtration systems. Outside, pervious pavers will be used to hold water on site and dought-tolerant native plants will be put in.

During construction crews will use eco-friendly paints, caulking, sealants and insulation throughout the building.

Among the project's 26 total sponsors are Puget Sound Energy, the Environmental Home Center, Associated Earth Sciences, Sally Promer Nichols and Mutual Materials.

The house is set to be fully complete in spring 2006, when it will open for tours.

For updates on construction, see the project's blog, posted at http://thebuiltgreenhome.blogspot.com.

Built Green Fun Facts

2005-10-10T12:54:00.000-07:00

In 2004, more than 14,000 homes were constructed nationally using local green building program guidelines. Built Green of King and Snohomish Counties certified 1,652 of those homes – more than 10 percent of the national total.

Built Green was launched in 1999 and has residential green home certification programs for single-family, multifamily, remodels and communities. It is the second largest green home building program in the country.

Built Green has grown from four founding member builders in 2000 to 250 member companies today. Ninety-six builders are part of the program, including nine of the largest builders in the Puget Sound area, according to the Puget Sound Business Journal.

Built Green has certified more than 5,500 residential projects since 2000. Last year, Built Green certified projects accounted for over 14 percent of all new homes in King and Snohomish counties.

The Built Green website (http://www.builtgreen.net/) receives approximately 5,000 unique visitors per month.

Product Boards from Kittitas Valley Tour of Homes

2005-10-09T12:58:00.000-07:00

These are two of the product boards which were showcased at the Kittitas Valley Tour of Homes in mid-September.

Notice how we have labeled the different products- showing where the product will be located outside of the Built Green Home at Suncadia.

Aerial Photos

2005-10-03T17:47:00.000-07:00

Ron Parker, a good friend of mine, flew over the site and took this picture. Notice the special care Grey and his crew are taking in protecting the trees on the site. Also, note the silt fences surrounding the building envelope keeping disrupted soil from leaving the site.

Many Questions Are Answered

2005-09-25T13:13:00.000-07:00

Anything energy- related was a huge hit! I’m sure Gerard Maloney of EarthHeat is still getting his voice back after answering questions about geothermal heating -nonstop- for three days. Guests were also intruiged in:

Insulation from Jeff La Valley representing Corbond, a spray-in rigid foam insulation.
Insulated Concrete Forms (used for the basement wine cellar), from Reuben Roelle of Glacier Northwest and Bruce Chattin from Washington Aggregates and Concrete Association.
Heat recovery ventilators (FanTech) and tankless water heaters (Rinnai), from Ed of Oswald Cascade Products.

Tom Balderston of Energy Star Homes Northwest answered general questions about energy use and Lisa Dimartino of Environmental Home Center showed samples of many of the finish products that will be used in the house including cork and reclaimed wood floors, Oceanside recycled glass tiles, Paperstone and Squak Mountain Stone. It was great for guests to be able to touch and feel so many finishes.

Kittitas Valley Tour Of Homes

2005-09-25T12:43:00.000-07:00

The Central Washington Home Builder’s Association’s Kittitas Valley Tour of Homes was held September 16th-18th, showcasing new homes throughout Kittitas County. I was concerned that the road problems on I-90 would prevent people from attending but was pleasantly surprised with the attendance of well over 200 people. We had a steady stream of traffic right up until the tour ended on Sunday evening. Although ours was the only unfinished home on the tour, several attendees said it was definitely the most interesting.

Lumber Searching

2005-09-14T20:28:00.000-07:00

Grey went out to look at the lumber from our site at Mountain Ridge Timbers, Roslyn Washington. We have approximately 22 logs of various sizes that we will be using for 10x10 columns, and other finish materials like counter tops, tables, shelving, cabinets, etc.
The logs were trimmed and are now stacked on sticking to air dry for about 4-5 weeks. They will then be re-cut into dimensions we can use for the project.

The Great Steering Comittee

2005-08-29T20:23:00.000-07:00

Built Green Home at Suncadia Steering Committee

Thanks to all of the steering comittee. I appreciate your ideas, comittment, and positive attitude!

Brenda Nunes
bnunes@aesgeo.com
(425) 827-7701
AESI, Marketing Director
http://www.aesgeo.com/
Developer

Grey Lundberg
grey@cmihomes.com
(425) 644-9595
CMI Homes, President
http://www.cmihomes.com/
Builder

Richard A. Fisher
rafisher@richardafisher.com
(206) 441-0442
Architect
www.methownet.com/richardafisher
Project Architect

Erika Schmidt/ Josh Chaitin
eschmidt@frause.com
jchaitin@frause.com
(206) 352-6402
(206) 618-7110 cell (Erika)
The Frause Group,
http://www.frause.com/
Public Relations and Marketing

Jean Krisle
jkrisle@loweenterprises.com
(509) 649-3901
Suncadia
http://www.suncadia.com/
Suncadia Representative

Brad Taylor
bradleygtaylor@bgtps.com
(206) 979-0190 (Bellevue)
(509) 457-7166 (Yakima)
Attorney, CWHBA, VP
http://www.bgtps.com/
http://www.cwhba.org/
Central Wash Home Builders

Pam Worner
pworner@mbaks.com
Phone: (425) 460-8217

Fax: (425)460-0001
Sales & Marketing Director

Master Builders Association

www.mbaks.com
Sponsorship

Lisa DiMartino
(206) 315-1923
Environmental Home Center, Sales Director; VP Marketing
http://www.environmentalhomecenter.com/
Materials Selection/ Marketing

Tom Balderston
Tom.balderston@csgrp.com
(206) 715-6865
ENERGY STAR Homes Northwest

www.northwestenergystar.com
Energy

Randy Furnas
mailto:randy.furnace@pse.com
(425) 456-2347
Puget Sound Energy
http://www.pse.com/
Energy

Paula Bianchi
pbianchi@suncadia.com
(509) 649-6107
(509) 674-1259
Suncadia Real Estate Sales Co.
http://www.suncadia.com/
Associate Broker

Robin Rogers

http://us.f343.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=robin.rogers@otak.com

(206) 442-1361

(206) 224-9230

Otak

http://www.otak.com/

Sustainability Advisor & Architectural Designer

Site Sign Posted

2005-08-25T14:49:00.000-07:00

Sneak Peak for Press

2005-08-24T14:55:00.000-07:00

First Northwest Green Building Resort Showcase Home Breaks Ground in Suncadia

The Built Green™ Home at Suncadia Resort in Roslyn, Wash. Begins with Fiscal, Environmental Mission and Industry and Services Sponsorship Support

Roslyn, Wash. (August 25, 2005) – Developer Brenda Nunes dreamed of a beautiful custom-designed mountain home nestled amongst the richness of the Northwest wilderness that would demonstrate the fiscal and environmental benefits of green building techniques and materials. To make her dream a reality, she purchased land in the six thousand acre resort community of Suncadia, located just outside the city of Roslyn, Wash. and started building a team.

With the generous support of many sponsors and the technical assistance of the Built Green program, Nunes is breaking ground on the Built Green™ Home at Suncadia. The building team has been assembled, the land cleared and the project schedule is in place. Beginning Fall 2005, the home will be open for tours and educational sessions on green building techniques while underway. The project is scheduled for completion in 2006.

“We are looking to demonstrate that a custom home can use green building techniques for the same costs as traditional building practices,” noted Nunes. “And, we will share the steps of the process through our Blog. Our goal is environmental responsibility with a financial win-win.”

The custom 3,000 square foot, four bedroom, three and a half bath home is located on the 13th green of Suncadia’s Prospector Golf Course. The luxurious yet green home design was created by architect, Richard Fisher, AIA, and will be built as a five star Built Green™ home by CMI Homes (Bellevue, Wash).

This showcase home is among the first resort property to be developed that demonstrates the building practices promoted by the Built Green™ program. The most recent past project was in the Issaquah Highlands in 2004.

The Built Green components of the project in Suncadia include site development, energy efficiency, health and air quality, construction efficiencies and materials. The project will have limited site disturbance, on-site infiltration and will use pervious pavers and drought-tolerant native vegetation. It will have geothermal heating, radiant floor heating, fluorescent lighting, energy star appliances and light fixtures, as well as higher insulation values. Indoors and outdoors, the building process will use environmentally-friendly materials, paints, caulking, sealants and insulation. There will be very little carpeting and a state of the art indoor air filtration and cleaning system.

Within the construction, the materials used will be innovative, durable and recycled. Within the framework, the home will be comprised of insulated concrete forms, metal roof and pre-finished shingles, flooring and woodwork.

The project is being sponsored by the Built Green Program, Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties, Suncadia, Puget Sound Energy, Environmental Home Center, The Frause Group, Energy Star Northwest, Central Washington Home Builders Association, Associated Earth Sciences, Sally Promer Nichols, and Mutual Materials.

For more information about Built Green go to http://www.builtgreen.net/. For details on this project go to http://thebuiltgreenhome.blogspot.com/. For more information about Suncadia, go to http://www.suncadia.com/

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Vendor Information Lunch at Suncadia

2005-08-24T14:50:00.000-07:00

100 people from various building product companies swamped The Prospector Inn at Suncadia (on August 18th) to preview the project and learn how their companies could get involved in supporting the Built Green Home at Suncadia. It was thrilling to see the support and interest. I'm sure Pam Worner with Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish County was delighted to see all of the packets fly out the door (pworner@mbaks.com) since she is manning sponsorship.

Easy Foundation from ICF Block

2005-08-24T14:43:00.000-07:00

Here's some interesting informaiton from Grey from CMI Homes (the builder)..."The foundation is made out of ICF block. We are using Arxx, an insulated concrete wall system in North America. They were referred to us by Washington Aggregates and Concrete Association. The ICF blocks are energy efficient and are easy to install. We essentially built a basement in two days. If we had known, we would have done the walls of the house as well with this system. With the ICF system, you install formwork, framing, insulation, vapor barrier and strapping, in one step. The system reduces drafts and humidity."

The product was supplied (complimentary) by Glacier Northwest, Inc. http://www.arxxwalls.com/

Clearing and Preserving

2005-08-14T12:57:00.000-07:00

The trees are being removed where necessary, but many are going to be used within the construction. Patti Southard with the Environmental Home Center spent time helping Kim find lots of usable lumber from the site for the fireplace mantle, flooring, table, and trim.

Before Construction Begins

2005-08-14T12:51:00.000-07:00

The job site untouched captures the vision of the project. It is breathtakingly amazing! In fact, all the Resort at Suncadia properties in the Roslyn, Washington area (one hour east of Seattle) are incredible. Land clearing will begin soon. We have been focused on plan development and design.