Quick Stats
Stories: 3
Square footage: 756 to 1,454 square feet per unit
Units: 226
Green certification: NGBS-Silver
Located in Columbia, South Carolina, Arcadia’s Green Edge is a 2014 Green Awards Honorable Mention for Multifamily: Four Stories or Less. Submitted by Steinberg Design Collaborative, LLP, the project boasts many green features, particularly at the site level where the project claimed over 200% of the required points for the NGBS certification. Some of these green site features are as follows:
Site features
- Landscaping efforts, including terracing, retaining walls, and restabilization techniques, will minimize long-term erosion
- Construction was scheduled to reduce soil exposure time, minimizing soil disturbance and erosion
- Removed topsoil was reserved for later use during the landscape planting process
- Utilities were installed using non-traditional methods to reduce soil disturbance and erosion
- Plantings are grouped based on watering needs, a process known as hydrozoning
- Natural vegetation that was removed during construction is set to be replaced and enhanced
- Local and regionally appropriate plantings and trees are incorporated into the landscaping
- 14-21 dwelling units per acre.
- Existing wetlands were preserved
Find out how your green project can win Best in Green in the 2015 NAHB Green Awards here: www.nahb.org/greenawards.
More green homes, winners, and information:
- Arbor House (https://bestinamericanliving.com/386/)
- The Performance House (https://bestinamericanliving.com/the-performance-house-2014-green-awards-overall-winner-for-single-family-custom/)
- Emory Point (https://bestinamericanliving.com/emory-point-2014-green-awards-overall-winner-for-site-development-multifamilymixed-use/)
- Jack Weiss Residence (https://bestinamericanliving.com/jack-weiss-residence-2014-green-awards-honorable-mention-for-single-family-custom/)
- The Proud Green Home (http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nahb/bal_2014spring_v2/#/6)
