An article on the 99 Winchester Condominiums, a 5-unit luxury condominium suite in Brookline, Massachusetts, that incorporates a historic home and a modern addition designed by Eck|MacNeely Architects, has been published in Banker and Tradesman ("Transforming Green Design into Luxury" by Harold Simansky, March 2008 edition).

In the article, owner Harold Simansky outlines many of the green strategies adopted for the condominiums. These are an interesting read for anyone interested in what it actually means to make a home "green".

The 99 Winchester Condominiums are the first LEED-certified condominiums in Brookline. They were certified under the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System, the country's leading certification program for environmentally responsible construction developed by the US Green Building Council.

Although they did not initially seek LEED certification, the owner and architect discovered that strong design choices very often proved to be the most environmental choices as well. As Mr. Simansky explains in the article, "...when it became clear that environmental friendliness would actually ensure healthiness and that a healthy home dovetailed nicely with a green approach, 99 Winchester became green in the extreme."

Interestingly, environmental friendliness was not accompanied by a significant increase in cost, which supports our conviction that sustainability stems inherently from good design in many ways.   

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