Supplements: Non Voc Paints are used throughout and so much more! This stunning 3100 square foot home is light-filled and located in Great Barrington’s premier neighborhood, offering walk-to town and to Lake Mansfield convenience! Green Features include: - Renovated in 2006 – Owner Recycled all doors, windows, appliances, flooring, cabinets and sinks. Heating/Cooling: - Viesmann Vitodens 100 natural gas-fired condensing boiler and instant hot water tank - 98% efficient - air/heat exchanger - Radiant floor heating/Buderus panel heaters in bedrooms and family room - air-to-air heat and moisture exchanger. - Passive Cooling with option to use existing ducts for air conditioning - Windows value less than .35 and thermal break - South terrace overhang lets sun in during winter and keeps it out in summer Electrical / Plumbing: - Electrical/telephone/cable wires are all buried. - Nearly all wiring done in metal conduits to reduce electromagnetism - No wiring goes across bedroom spaces. - Compact fluorescent/fluorescent tube/halogen lighting - Plumbed for gray water - Close to 100% non-pvc plumbing Flooring, Insulation, Siding and Roof: - R-40 insulation in roof w/rain screen detail on siding and roof allows the wood exterior to dry on both sides. - R-19 to R-21 insulation in walls - Wrapped house in 2 inches of polystyrene insulation - Non formaldehyde fiberglass in new construction/mineral wool insulation - Bamboo flooring and walls throughout house Miscellaneous: - Space created for a chimney/wood-burning stove in living room. - The south terrace area insures no direct sun during the summer and direct sun during the winter. - Low voc paints used throughout - Whole house filtration and grey water system - Feng Shui Design by Jeannette Maguire - Recycled 50% tile in bathrooms