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“In late July the Batchelder home, located on Lawrence Street in Portsmouth, was awarded Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design’s LEED Platinum certification, the organization’s highest mark. The home, which was visited by Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter in June, will be one of a number of Seacoast properties on display for the upcoming New Hampshire Sustainable Energy Resources NHSE Green Homes Open House on Saturday, October 3rd. …”

“…’In essence, the way this or any solar system ought to be set up, they’re supposed to produce an excess of energy 9 months out of the year,’ says Bingham. ‘And Marc’s house was so well built and insulated that this excess became an electrical energy credit, which basically paid for all the bills in the winter.’ …”

via Seacoasts First Platinum Leed Home | The Exception Magazine.