First in the World Tiny House Awarded Prestigious LEED Platinum Green Building Certification
First in the World Tiny House Awarded Prestigious LEED Platinum Green Building Certification
Multi-company collaboration hopes to inspire the tiny house sector to become more sustainable and healthy
Jacksonville, Fl. – (Oct. 24, 2018) – EcoRelics and Norsk Tiny Houses are pleased to announce that its 198-square-foot tiny house project, LEEDing Tiny, has been awarded LEED Platinum, the highest level of certification available under the LEED rating system by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). The project is the first tiny house to achieve LEED and was completed in partnership with the USGBC Florida community.
“We are thrilled with this achievement and that we were able to build this tiny house with 89 percent repurposed materials,” says Annie Murphy, co-owner at EcoRelics, a strategic partner on the project.