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Developers show off energy-efficient home in urban neighborhood

Company hopes to build 14 similar houses in the Fairgrounds area of Dayton.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Friday, Jan. 22, for the first of 14 energy-efficient Litehouse townhomes in the Fairgrounds neighborhood in Dayton. Homeowner Mary Gaytko, a nurse at Miami Valley Hospital, gave tours of her new home to local officials and the media.

Ty Greenlees/Staff Photographer A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Friday, Jan. 22, for the first of 14 energy-efficient Litehouse townhomes in the Fairgrounds neighborhood in Dayton. Homeowner Mary Gaytko, a nurse at Miami Valley Hospital, gave tours of her new home to local officials and the media.

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By Tim Tresslar, Staff Writer Updated 11:02 PM Friday, January 22, 2010

DAYTON — For Mary Gaytko it was a no-brainer.

Gaytko, a nurse with Miami Valley Hospital, owns the first of what developers hope will be more than a dozen energy-efficient, environmentally friendly homes in the Fairgrounds neighborhood. Litehouse Development Group LLC, as well as officials from the city of Dayton and the hospital gathered Friday, Jan. 22 for a ribbon cutting at Gaytko’s Frank Street home.

Gaytko said she moved into the house in late December. With down payment assistance from her employer, a federal tax credit for homebuyers, long-term savings on energy costs and the proximity to her job made it the best option for her.

Plans call for Litehouse to build 14 single-family and town homes on sites scattered throughout the Fairgrounds neighborhood, officials said.

The homes’ features include solar-reflective roofing, efficient heaters, paints and cabinets that do not emit toxic fumes, rainwater collection systems and flooring made of cork and plant resin.

In creating the Litehouse concept, Kenneth Botts of Litehouse Development Group LLC said he and others in the group wanted to marry affordability with energy-efficiency and other green features.

“That’s difficult to have those combinations together,” he said.

The developers also have built Litehouse models in West Carrollton and the Canal Block development at Patterson Boulevard and Ice Avenue in downtown Dayton.

Other builders such as Bruns General Contracting in Tipp City also have branched into using sustainable construction materials and techniques.

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BTW the house did not cost 200K to purchase and its 2100sq feet 4bed/3ba. Plus the energy cost savings

greengirl
9:59 PM, 2/17/2010

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George: I'm afraid I have to agree with you. Litehouse seems to specialize in ugly dwellings. The ones they're putting up on Patterson, adjacent to the lovely Georgian-style Cooper Place condos look like upscale public housing. (The first unit, when it was initially being installed looked all the world like a gigantic outhouse!) At best, they may prove faddish--for a while. After the fad dies, they'll revert to slum housing or be torn down. What a waste!!

Jim from Dayton
6:26 PM, 1/23/2010

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That is one ugly house. I mean, seriously, the Developers and the City couldn't come up with a better looking house?!

George
3:29 PM, 1/23/2010

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I Grew up on Vine Street In the summer I would get nightcrawlers for the firshman on the hill side of Hospital AT Apple St. I had the last paper route of the old Hearld afternoon paper, before they merger with the journal to become." The Journal Hearld " They wanted me to convert over to the Dayton Daily News.I took the Journal job selling papers at NCR I would cut through where the nurses would chase me and try to take my cloths off I was just 10 then

Foster Stoll
2:56 PM, 1/23/2010

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Let's bring Dayton back. http://www.thedaytonexchange.com

THe Dayton Exchange
1:00 PM, 1/23/2010

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