There are 1.4 million homes in Connecticut, and yet this is the first house in the state to receive a LEED Platinum rating. How does that happen? It happens because of an extraordinary commitment by two brothers, Mark & Jim Picton of Picton Builders LLC in Washington Depot, Connecticut (Picton Brothers Web Site). The Picton brothers set out to build a green home, but as the project evolved the commitment grew deeper and deeper to the point that they surpassed LEED Gold and obtained LEED Platinum Certification. CitiLog was contracted to provide kitchen cabinets and interior millwork for the project.
All photos courtesy of Mark Picton.

This picture illustrates that design and aesthetic considerations don't have to be sacrificed when building an advanced green home. One article on the home states that "At first glance, it could easily be mistaken for a well-appointed renovation of an early Connecticut farmhouse".

CitiLog built the kitchen cabinets out of upcycled Maple. CitiLog's finished wood products helped the home obtain LEED points. The final LEED Certification letter states that the project received "1 1/2 Points for material milled from reclaimed city logs, sheet wood products with no added VOC's, and locally sourced from Citilog in Pennsylvania". Additional LEED points were obtained for the trim work that CitiLog provided for the home (see picture below). All-in-all CitiLog services and products helped this project obtain 3 LEED points.

The trim wood throughout much of the house was milled by CitiLog out of upcycled Poplar. The trim received 1.5 LEED points. Both the 1.5 points from for the kitchen cabinets and the 1.5 points for the trim were awarded under the LEED Material Resources category, specifically MR2.2 which covers the use of Environmentally Preferred Products.