Model proves ‘platinum’ homes don’t
need to cost much green
Architect Sal Caruso spent less than $500,000
to renovate a 1920s house and build a two-
story duplex to LEED platinum standards. Two
Takagi TK3 power the space heating and the
DHW in this LEEDS Platinum
Hydronic, radiant, geothermal, hvac contractor .
Serving San Francisco Bay Area in a complete radiant heating & cooling system since 2003.
Geothermal hybrid pool system
a hybrid geothermal stystem. Radiant
heating, radiant cooling, solar thermal
DHW, solar pool heating, rehau rau
pannels, waterfurnace 3.5 ton. lossnay hrv,
solar pv. - NZE
Geothermal 6 pipe system
2200 sq ft guest home, new construction
to accomodate  geothermal stystem.
Radiant heating through out home,
DHW, 2 waterfurnace  water to water
Geothermal hybrid energy pylon
4200 sq ft home, remodeled eichler.
utilized  needed pylons for support.
geothermal hybrid, radiant cooling,
dhw, pool, and many tricked items.
this house is LEEDS Platinum - 74%
over t24.
Geothermal slinkey system
6000 sq ft home,remodeled to new, w/a
geothermal stystem was installed by
back filling the back yard. 1 waterfurnace
Radiant heating, Hi velocity cooling, geo
DHW,88 radiant sleepers  were installed.
Geothermal 9 verticle wells
This LEEDS GOLD fire station in Marin
has geothermal heating and cooling
through the building. 9 wells at 300' each
in the side of Mt Tam powers this green
fire house.
Geothermal childrens Library
This library in palo alto ca had 20 wells
drilled to 300' each. To  power up 4 the
kids comfortable in their new library.
Sunset Idea House 2007
This green thing was really nice at the end.
warm board and uponor pex al pex and
controls.
Geothermal 10 ton system
this home in palo alto has 10 wells at 250'
a geothermal hydronics system powered
up by 3 Water Furnace units. Air is
distributed via 5 ESP hi velocity units
Geothermal 16 ton system
this modern home in hillsborough has 16
units. 3 heliodynes for the DHW
home has radiant pulled off the domestic
heater, pool, and wine room and area , and
the cabanna
Geothermal 10 ton system
this home in palo alto has 10 wells at 250'
a geothermal hydronics system powered
up by 3 Water Furnace units. Air is
distributed via                                                 
through out the home.
Saucelito-the original 88sleepers
this home in marin over looks sf. 4
stories, we had a combined munchkin
boiler and super store tank. we pulled all
the pex and ran sleepers.
Larkspur-radiant with 88sleepers
radiant pulled through home. a lockinvar
this 4500 sq ft home in larkspur has boiler
and a small super stor tank was installed.
tekmar controls for the radiant zones
through house.
Modern Marin Eichler
we retrofitted the radiant back into this
home with small 3/8 pex. we used the
original boiler for the heat source.
Carmel Reserve
was used and a munchkin m199 and a
indirect tank was installed for the
domestic hot water.
uponor pex, uponor controls, gybecrete
Geothermal 43 ton system
comming up in 2010 a 23000 sq ft home.
30 climate master units
radiant heating
hi velocity
dehumidifyer
uponor climate control net work
Saucelito-the original 88sleepers
this home in marin over looks sf. 4
stories, we had a combined munchkin
Ultra contemporary design
same. this home had a combined
munchkin boiler and super store tank.  
watts onox piping was laid andthe ac
were carrier units and air handlers.
Geotherml 69 energy pylons
3 hydron geothermal moduls
radiant heating and cooling
69 peirs with geothermal.
solar dhw
LEEDS- Living home challange
Geotherml 8 ton slinkey Healdsburg
2 waterfurnace envision units
air heating and air cooling
geothermal slinkeys in back yard.
solar dhw
Geotherml 12 ton slinkey
radiant in main floor
2 hi velocity air handling units