All Entries in the "Green Developments" Category
A New First In Green Building
The Jones Company has something to brag about. This builder already has a portfolio of single-family homes that have received certification under the National Green Building Standard. Their hard work and green karma paid off Monday when they were awarded a bronze medal certification for the Park Run Community at McKay’s Mill in Franklin, Tennesee.
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Independence Station: The World’s Greenest Building
Independence Station is a $15 million mixed-used development under construction in Independence, Oregon. Due to recent changes in LEED certification, the building had to be re-evaluated to see where it would fall on the new rating system (LEED v3.0). Under the previous version of the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED rating system, Independence Station was [...]
Building Green means Building Beautiful
Heron Bay Golf & Country Club in Henry County is a community well known for both their beautiful homes and breathtaking views, but one of the lessor known qualities of this beautiful master-planned community is their dedication preservation.
Developed by Minerva Properties, this Atlanta golf community was named the 2005 Community of the Year by the [...]
Independence Station Uses Ice to Offset Energy Consumption
As Independence Station progresses they form more and more partnerships with green companies that aid them in their quest to become the world’s greenest building. Recently, the green developers announced that they chose CALMAC’s IceBank® Energy Storage System for eco-friendly cooling of Independence Station.
The ice storage technology from CALMAC was chosen to be a part [...]
FREE Eco-friendly Home Tours of Greenhaven
Atlanta’s first Eco-Decorators’ Show House, Greenhaven is now open for FREE tours through August 9th. Located in Chelsea Landing – the first eco-friendly neighborhood community in East Cobb – the home was built by Pace Homebuilders.
Greenhaven will carry the US Green Building Council’s LEED for Homes (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), Earthcraft House, [...]
Florida City Builds its First Green Structure
Residents of Winter Haven are a lucky bunch. Not only are they the benefactors to a brand new fire station, but the Winter Haven fire station is also LEED certified.
While firefighters are there protecting the people of Winter Haven, Winter Haven is protecting their environment. Preservationists will be especially happy to heard the new fire [...]
Green Built Model Home Featured at the Greens of Hidden Creek
Highland Homes’ Greens of Hidden Creek community features a Green Certified model home.
Development in Drains is Good for Environment and People
Over the years there has been a lot of talk about the dangers of drain cleaners. Not only harmful to humans, these tough cleaning products can seriously harm the natural environment. One way to eliminate harmful cleaners from the home is to buy natural drain cleaners. These products don’t always have the same cleaning power [...]
Join the Worlds Greenest Building on Facebook
Independence Station has launched a Facebook group titled Fans of the World’s Greenest Building. Facebook is one of the most popular social networking sites on the Internet and The World’s Greenest Building’s Facebook group will be a great tool for future residents to connect with the builders and developers, as well as other potential [...]
Brock Built Green House Sold
Midtown lawyer, Kinshasa K. Williams, recently became the proud owner of Brock Built’s Green House. The EarthCraft home had been open to the public for tours since completion in August 2008. When Williams closed on her new eco-friendly home not only did she purchase a new home, but it also resulted in a $225,000 donation [...]
