Featured Sustainable Housing Projects |
The Millennium Apartments in The Woodlands TX
Texas |
New LEED Silver apartment community with solar panels for on-site renewable energy source and numerous other green features located in an eco-friendly master-planned community. |
USA - Sustainable Housing Projects |
California |
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Clarum Homes |
Building environmentally sensitive communities with the Enviro-HomeTM. The Enviro-HomeTM is the perfectly designed blend of innovative construction technologies, unsurpassed energy efficiency and the use of environmentally friendly construction materials. |
Solara
Poway, San Diego County |
100% solar-powered.56 apartments in one and two story garden style residential buildings consisting of 1, 2 and 3-bedrooms. Consistent with the planned “green” elements, units were designed to incorporate natural light, shaded overhangs and cross-ventilation. |
Colorado |
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Solar Village |
Our homes and workplaces feature engaging natural design, healthy
indoor air, extreme comfort, very low maintenance, high quality construction,
environmentally friendly materials, wind and solar power,... |
Maryland |
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ECO |
ECO provides the full range of development services needed to complete a successful co-housing project. Using the co-housing model of consensus building, we work closely with the residents to develop a design program and budget. |
North Carolina |
| Walk Softly | Ecologically friendly, sustainable land developments specializing in energy efficient green buildings. |
Oregon |
| Pringle Creek Community |
The first project to begin construction on the 275-acre Fairview Training site
in Salem, Oregon. Guided by the principles of sustainability, Pringle Creek will
offer a variety of housing options that are built to meet high standards for
energy efficiency, green building materials and green building techniques. |
Washington |
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Conover
Commons - The Cottage Company | BuiltGreen 4‑Star & Energy Star qualified, intended for households who seek a home slightly larger than our previous 2‑bedroom communities, and desire ethic of a 'better rather than bigger' sustainable approach. |
International |
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One Planet Living |
The challenge that faces us all is: how can people everywhere enjoy a high quality of life, within the carrying capacity of one planet? One Planet Living is a partnership between BioRegional and WWF which will show how this is possible by establishing five One Planet Living Communities in Europe, USA, China, South Africa and Australia. Each community will be home to more than 5,000 people and include schools, factories, health and leisure facilities, transport and food links.
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Canada - Sustainable Housing Projects |
Arise
Technologies Corp
Ontario | ATC has completed an
exciting two-and-a-half year project focused on installing integrated
photovoltaic systems on the rooftops of 12 new homes, totaling 42KW of
installed Photovoltaic grid-tied systems. This project represents the first
demonstration of community-scale photovoltaic (PV) systems in a Canadian
neighborhood. |
Windmill
Development Group
Ottawa, Ontario | Windmill Development is a group of companies dedicated to designing, developing, and building only the best green urban environments. |
EcoCité
Québec, Montreal | ECOCITÉ™'s buildings are the result of a holistic design process, aimed to balance cost with long term environmental impact and the health and happiness of the residents.
Project: EcoCité on the Canal |
Dockside Green
Victoria, British Columbia | Developed on fifteen acres of former industrial land, a planned total of 1.3 million square feet of mixed residential, office, retail and industrial space. Dockside Green is being developed by Vancity
and Windmill Developments, who are thoroughly committed to a triple bottom line approach to development: balance profits with environmental and social dividends.
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Australia - Sustainable Housing Projects |
Westwyck Eco-Housing
Melbourne | A new concept in residential development based on
environmental principles |
BEND - Bega
Eco-Neighbourhood Developers
Australia, NSW | This development aims to create high-standard housing while consuming much less of the Earth's resources, both in construction and in the long term. The use of permaculture principles in the design has helped ensure that resources will be used more efficiently and sustainably. |
UK - Sustainable Housing Projects |
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Ecos |
Ecos Trust is formerly known as the Somerset Trust for Sustainable Development. The Trust is based in the South West, with the principal objective of promoting design and build techniques that give a better quality of life and reduced environmental impact. |
| ZED Factory | As leaders in the field of zero-carbon design and development, we have a unique track record of delivering Zero (fossil) Energy Development (ZED) buildings in the UK. |
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Greenwich Millenium Village |
Environmentally sensitive development in Greenwich, London. |
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Millennium Homes | A low energy, sustainable social housing
project for 15 Lifetime standard homes. |
| Ashley Vale Action Group |
A community organisation set up to enable an ecologiacally and socially
sensitive development of a brown-field site in a neighbourhood in Bristol, UK. |
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Thamesmead Ecopark |
Ecopark is an affordable housing scheme of 39 2 & 3 bedroom
houses. One of those 39 units will be a Naked House, and adjacent to the site is
a Visitors Centre. |
Costa Rica |
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Solar Vistas |
Solar Vistas is being built on 5 hectares (12 acres) of cattle field, which is being reforested with rare and endangered hardwood trees.
Besides other sustainable features, the eco-houses will use electricity provided
solely by the sun. |
Mexico |
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Loreto Bay |
5,000 home development that will produce own electricity,
compost, build sustainably with local earth. |
Spain |
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Monte Elviria |
A unique promotion of 144 intelligent environmentally friendly
luxury town houses in Ojen, Marbella. |
Portugal |
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AlmaVerde |
Project in Algarve, houses will be built with
sustainability in mind: natural, renewable materials, energy-efficient
construction and part of the European Coolhouse Project (passive cooling). |
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Sustainable Housing Development - Free Listings |
Better In Belize
Belize |
A jungle eco-community in the Cayo District of Belize that combines the best of both natural and modern ways of life (Hydro & Solar energy + Wifi satellite internet). Homes available. |
Drake Landing Solar Community
Canada, Alberta, Okotoks |
The first of its kind in North America, DLSC is heated by a
district system designed to store abundant solar energy underground during the
summer months and distribute the energy to each home for space heating needs
during winter months. |
Hacienda
Kenya |
The first eco-city in Africa, Hacienda offers quality housing in a environmentally friendly development, including, solar, wind and hydro power, 24 hour security and of course magnificent gardens. |
Green Student Housing Near SDSU
California,
San Diego |
New off campus student apartments near SDSU pursuing LEED Gold. Featuring solar panels, cool roof, recycling, water efficient landscaping, protected green space and much more. |
Pointe Nord
Canada, Québec | Île-des-Soeurs condos and lofts located in a new eco-friendly waterfront community in Pointe-Nord on Nuns' Island. |