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Vernon Residence
A new 3,500 sf Lyon Park residence designed and built under Arlington's "Green Home Choice Program". Green Home Choice is an elective alternative permitting process emphasizing energy efficient design. Green design features of note include: deconstruction, salvage & reuse of the original house; Green construction management; Optimized building envelope performance; Geothermal heating & cooling systems; Recycled and rapidly renewable building materials; Rain water recovery & water efficient landscaping; Energy Star appliances & lighting.
The ground floor functions as a "flat". Main living spaces are grouped with the master suite for ease of single floor living. The heart of the living area is a large flexible "open plan" space oriented onto a south facing courtyard terrace. The second floor houses guest bedrooms. For energy conservation, each floor is zoned for separate heating and cooling needs.
"Aging-in-place" design provides full accessibility throughout. All exterior doors have zero thresholds for access to porches and patios. Maneuvering space is added to hallways, door widths, and bathrooms. The master bedroom shower is curbless. The rear garage entrance is ramped and a future elevator has been pre-planned into the ground floor Pantry & 2nd floor closet, if needed in the future.
