“A New Norris House: An Analysis of Achieving LEED for Homes Platinum and Beyond”
Samuel Allen Mortimer, University of Tennessee - Knoxville

ABSTRACT:
A New Norris House is an award-winning, university-led Design|Build|Evaluate project located in Norris, Tennessee. A LEED for Homes Platinum project, the New Norris House pursues high performance building through both traditional and innovative means. This paper focuses on the completed project as a case study for sustainable building certification. Using records from the design|build process, an analysis of the LEED for Homes Platinum certification is presented to quantify the resources (time and costs) necessary to achieve this result over baseline standards of the typical US home. Currently, the project is in a demonstration and evaluation phase. Quantitative assessments are collected through digital sensors installed in the home and landscape, and reflect the occupancy patterns and qualitative experiences of two live-in subjects. Finally, the paper presents analysis of the preliminary performance and occupancy data in order to speculate on the additional resources that full Living Status as part of the Living Building Challenge would have required.

KEYWORDS: Residential; LEED; Living Building Challenge; Post-Occupancy Evaluation; Case Study