Eye candy of the week

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Property:  359 University Drive, East Lansing

Owner:  Shanna and Andy Draheim

Taxpayer: Shanna and Andy Draheim

Assessed:  $21,300

People have a strong aesthetic sense of what is a home.Take a look around the Lansing area — it’s clear that Michiganders havedistinctly traditional inclinations.  

The latest addition to East Lansing’s Chesterfield HillsNeighborhood, 359 University Drive completed in April 2011, is atraditional two-story style house that is aesthetically pleasing to ourtraditional tastes and environmentally friendly. It is a superb exampleof the evolution and success of today’s green building design.According to owner, Shanna Draheim, what she loves the most about herhouse is that it is both energy efficient and totally ordinary. 

The house was built to LEED (Leadership in Energy andEnvironmental Design) standards, including re-purposed materials,notably salvaged hardwood floors from Detroit, structural insulatedpanels for the exterior envelope, and a rain garden for stormwater. Thehouse is expected to be certified with a gold rating or even possibly aplatinum rating. Look for an update later this year. 

As more people become hip to this environmentally sensitive type of design, the extraordinary will ideally become ordinary.


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