Green Modular Community Gets Platinum LEED Certification

The recently completed Vineyard House Inc. sober living community has officially been awarded the highest possible rating of Platinum in the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) for homes program. The campus, which was completed in December of 2014 by Squash Meadow Construction Inc., Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, and Westchester Modular Homes, Inc. Wingdale, New York, was certified through a rigorous rating process and achieved enough points to meet the threshold required for platinum certification. Throughout the Vineyard House campus are drought-resistant turf and native plants. Buildings are finished with locally sourced siding and asphalt roof singles contain recycled content. Retaining walls are built with native stone, featuring an engineered drainage plan. All buildings contain polyvinyl chloride (PVC) exterior trim constructed of recycled content. Vineyard House was founded in 1997 to provide a temporary home for alcohol/drug dependent persons primarily from the Martha’s Vineyard community who need a sober, stable and mutually supportive transitional environment in which to find health and independence. According to the...