Green Features

• Energy efficient lighting and the widespread use of daylighting create bright interiors with low energy input.
  
  
• Superior insulation, triple-glazed windows, and airtight construction.
  
  
• Fresh-air ventilation with heat recovery reduces heating costs while achieving very comfortable living environments.
  
  
• Low-VOC building materials with particular attention to interiors.
  
  
• Low-flow fixtures and dual flush toilets.
  
  
• Heat recovery on the warm wastewater lowers hot water costs.
  
  
• The central pellet boiler plant uses a locally produced biomass fuel instead of imported fossil fuels to provide heat and hot water.
  
  
• Roofs oriented towards the sun to support future solar collectors for electricity and hot water.
  
  
• The buildings are designed and detailed to be durable and low maintenance.
  
  
• The site design preserves the farm fields, riverfront, and woodlands for wildlife, recreation, and food production.

Super-insulated underground pipes carry heat & hot water
to each home from the centralized

wood pellet fired boiler system.