Why is that important? LEED-certified buildings are resource efficient. They use less water and energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. As an added bonus, they save money.

• SIP requirement on all home designs
• Stormwater conveyance through open swales to provide additional stormwater quality and/or treatment to system
• Improvements to stream buffer to slow stormwater runoff and improve habitat inside stream buffer zone
• Remove sidewalk on one side of the roadway to reduce impervious area and/or heat island affect
• Alternate materials for sidewalk to reduce impervious area
• Shortening building setback to reduce length of paved driveway, to reduce impervious area
• Use of solar street lights rather than hard wired street lights to reduce energy consumption
• Solar panel shingles option on homes to reduce energy consumption
• Geothermal field shared by multiple homes to reduce energy consumption for heating/cooling