 EnviroCitizen.org has noticed that more home builders are becoming committed to the cause of green home building. A green home uses less of Earth's resources when it comes to energy, water and raw materials. The homes also use healthier materials during construction. Such materials have no volatile organic compounds—chemicals that create indoor air pollution in paints, carpets and finishes. The overall result is a better quality home.
The KTGY Group is an architectural firm that helps to create green homes. The firm has won several awards for their green building designs in Southern California. The firm not only designs individual homes, but entire communities. One example is the Glen at Hidden Hills master-planned community. It won a Gold Nugget Grand Award for "California Green Builder Residential Community." The Glen is in Napa, the area widely known as wine country and for its beautiful California scenery. It offers a distinct style that embraces the enchanting complexities of the wine country and proves that home design can be done with environmentally-friendly construction. Each home is designed to have its own elegance. The one and two-story homes offer chic exteriors and well-designed interiors with great attention to detail. Best of all, the homes use sustainable construction and design features. In a streetscape as carefully planned as the homes, the desirable neighborhoods they create work well with the beautiful setting of the landscape and open space so that it is a community that is walkable and generally pleasing to live in.
KTGY continues to design award-winning single-family, multi-family and mixed-use developments. The firm is distinctive because they seek to integrate the latest urban design trends and green building technologies with the needs of the future occupants. KTGY is also well recognized for its designs in affordable, senior and campus housing as well as retail, hospitality, mixed-use and related specialty developments. EnviroCitizen.org believes that it is firms like KTGY that are paving the way to a greener future. If consumers see that green homes and communities are not only green and energy-efficient, but pleasing to look at and comfortable to live in, they will be more likely to think twice before ever purchasing a conventional home or moving into a conventional neighborhood. With so much to offer-energy-efficiency, beautiful scenery, convenience, better quality of life, etc.—it's no wonder KTGY is creating homes that are being awarded for their eco-friendly desirability.
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