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Oxford's Hot Metal Flats Receives Prestigious LEED Green Building Certification

Oxford's Hot Metal Flats Receives Prestigious LEED Green Building Certification

Encouraging active living, Hot Metal Flats welcomes pets and features a mudroom with pet wash stations and outdoor pet walk. Additional amenities include a professional grade fitness center and oversized gathering places including a private lounge and bar area, as well as a year-round outdoor lounge with sundeck and barbeques.

Interior features include 9-foot ceilings, walk-in closets, granite countertops, and hard surface flooring. All units feature views of the city, river, and/or South Side Slopes. Balconies or Juliette balconies are available, unit depending.

Hot Metal Flats achieved LEED certification for implementing practical and measurable strategies and solutions aimed at achieving high performance in: sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection and indoor environmental quality.

LEED is the foremost program for the design, construction and operation of green buildings. More than 72,000 commercial and institutional projects are currently participating in LEED, comprising more than 13.8 billion square feet of construction space in all 50 states and more than 150 countries.

“We spend 90 percent of our time indoors, so where we live greatly impacts our health and well-being,” said Rick Fedrizzi, CEO & founding chair, USGBC.

“By achieving LEED Gold certification, Hot Metal Flats has become a place that anyone will truly love to call home, not only because it’s energy and water efficient, but because its designed with the health of its inhabitants in mind.”

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Oxford Development | Megan Stearman