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Broadstone Centreport, Texas |
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Located in Northern Texas, Broadstone Centreport is an eco-friendly apartment community built to Green Built North Texas's energy-efficient standards, a regional set of green building guidelines. Broadstone has the convenience of apartment living combined with single family home features and spacious interiors. |
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A Conservation Community: Prairie Crossing |
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EnviroCitizen.org recently became acquainted with yet another eco-conscious community. Prairie Crossing is known as the Conservation Community, and for good reason! Located in Grayslake, Illinois, Prairie Crossing was created to conserve open land, increase the availability of local transit and encourage its residents to take part in an eco-friendly lifestyle. |
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Accessible Homes |
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Though the title may seem a bit redundant, having an accessible home is a good investment as well as good for the Earth. What exactly is an accessible home? It is a home that is built and designed to accommodate the occupants in all phases of life. The book Univeral Home discusses this very topic. |
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Adobe Homes |
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The most ancient structures of the Southwest region of the United States that are still standing are represented in buildings made from adobe used in homes and missions, such as those in Southern California and Santa Fe, New Mexico. |
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Alta Design District |
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Dallas, in addition to other cities in northern Texas is on the path to going green. The Alta Design district is an artist colony as well as a green space. The motto of Alta Design is to live ahead of the curve. |
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AMLI 900 |
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The futuristic sounding name of these apartments is well fitting indeed. These apartments were designed for the future because of their green amenities. AMLI 900 has achieved LEED certification for several reasons. |
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An Overseas Example in Dubai: Green Communities in Motor City |
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Dubai is a city that has become world renowned for its appeal to tourists. The Motor City development, based in Dubai, is based on a motor-sport theme and includes residential units, business towers, motor-sports facilities, retail and a theme park. |
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Armory del Park |
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Arizona is noted for its warm weather. The state routinely has 100 plus degree days. The Armory Park del Sol development is a historic location that takes advantage of the Arizona sun to power the community. |
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Asa Flats |
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ASA features apartment amenities like no other apartment complex. The goal has been to provide a sense of community to the people who live in the apartments. As the ASA brochure says, “it feels more like a vertical community, than an apartment complex”. ASA was painstakingly designed to achieve LEED Gold Certification, and follows in the footsteps of Portland’s thoughtful environmental choices. Whether you need a studio, a one bedroom or a two-bedroom flat, a loft with your own private outdoo |
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Azotea Senior Apartments |
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Azotea Senior Apartments is the new construction of a 60 unit development in Alamogordo, New Mexico. The development features a combination of 14 one and two story buildings. In the buildings there is a variety of 24 one-bedroom apartments and 36 two-bedroom apartments. |
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Bates Street Senior Housing |
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Maine is often depicted as an idyllic place in lots of movies and books. What a lot of people don’t know about Maine is that there are some great eco-friendly developments on the way. Bates Street Senior Housing is a senior center combined with housing. It shows that even a place made for seniors can be green.
The Bates Street Senior Housing project is a 30,000 square-foot, three-story building on one acre of property in the heart of the Lewistown, Maine, inner city. It includes 30 units of |
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Best Communities to Find Green Rentals |
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EnviroCitizen.org has found that finding a green place to live is no small feat. It can be hard to find the optimal place by sorting fact from fiction. We have reviewed a few places that are worth considering if you are looking for a green rental. |
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Best Green Places to Retire |
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Choosing a place for retirement requires some research. You want to spend your remaining years as comfortable as possible, but you also need to be able to afford it. Green places to retire are getting popular because the relationship between environment and quality of life has been shown. |
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Blue Vista |
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Blue Vista is an award-winning, “built green”, mixed-income community of 198 single family, duplex and triplex homes. Phase I has 79 units varying in size from 580 square-feet, one-bedroom condominiums to 1,500 square-feet, four-bedroom duplex townhouses. |
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Bluebird 58- Portland, OR |
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Bluebird 58 is a unique living environment located in Portland that offers clean, healthy, low-impact living in the Pacific Northwest. The property is uniquely located at the end of a quiet street directly adjacent to a large city-owned agricultural preserve. This brings a nice blend of urban life with the country for the urbanite who wishes for something a little different. |
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Broadway Crossing |
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Seattle is known to be one of the greenest cities in America. While the cost of living there is going up, it still is possible to rent a property for a reasonable price. It is also comforting to know that the space you are renting is green. |
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Buying a Green Home Checklist |
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Home-buying can be confusing as well as stressful. It can seem even more confusing when you are looking for a green home. There is definitely a market for green homes with many styles to choose from. Here are a few tips to help you find that dream, green home.
Getting good help is the first step. With increased eco-awareness, and energy prices soaring, more people are worried about things like indoor air quality and energy efficiency in their homes. When screening potential realtors, try |
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Carter Woods Phase II |
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Many are under the misconception that living sustainably in retirement isn’t possible, especially in the South where retirement is known to be expensive. Carter Woods shows that this couldn’t be any further from the truth. Carter Woods is an affordable rental community in Eastern Henrico County just outside of Richmond. It is designed for senior citizens 62 years of age and older.
Phase I was completed in 2004 and consisted of 80 one- and two-bedroom apartments and community rooms which feat |
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Central Park at Stapleton |
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Colorado is becoming well known as a place where the green revolution is a way of life. Stapleton is an award-winning master planned community on a former airport site just outside of Denver. It was designed as a sustainable community. It is planned to accommodate 12,000 homes and 13 million square feet of commercial space over the next 15 years.
When the airport closed, local officials, developers, community members and environmentalists met to discuss the best use for the site. They conclu |
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Choosing a Green Golf Course |
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Golf courses have a reputation for being bad for the environment. It is easy to see why eco-friendly golf courses seem like an oxymoron. They, however, have become popular in many places. Several golf courses in the Twin Cities, Florida, New Mexico and other areas have been developed using sustainable concepts. These are courses that have been built after nature’s own principles.
For years, the mantra of most golf courses has been “the greener the better”. But that has come at a price. T |
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Chuska Apartments |
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In the Southwestern U.S., the Indian tribes that have been located there have given the communities a special heritage. The rich heritage unfortunately is also defined by low-income areas, unhealthy housing and limited economic opportunities.
The Chuska Apartments are made to create positive changes in more ways than one. Chuska Apartments is the first affordable housing development supported by the recently launched Enterprise Rural and Native American Initiative that works with tribes to |
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Clawson Road |
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Austin is home to the University of Texas so it is not surprising that it is becoming a green living center for Texas. There are several eco-friendly projects in the area. The home at Clawson Road shows the Texas commitment to building better eco-friendly homes.
This property has many old large oak trees, a wooden green space, and an enclosed back yard that is almost a full acre within the city. The front yard is Xeriscaped with native, drought tolerant plants, and the landscape maintenanc |
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Clover Field Marketplace |
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In the Twin Cities area, green is becoming more mainstream than ever before. The Clover Field Marketplace development is one such place. Clover Field Marketplace is a vital component of Chaska’s goal to establish an economically diverse neighborhood at Clover Field. Clover Field offers a compact, mixed-use development. The character is a pedestrian and transit-oriented, residential neighborhood. The overall design aims to strengthen and enhance the sense of community, include affordable hous |
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Cohousing |
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One of the newest and most intriguing concepts in retirement living is cohousing, or co-housing, communities. In this type of community, like-minded adults come together to share the last third of their lives in harmony and in a spirit of cooperativeness. Cohousing had its U.S. debut in the late 80's when Charles Durrett and Kathryn McCamant introduced the Scandanavian concept in their seminal book on the subject. The idea caught on, and today, there are roughly 5,000 people living in 80 cohou |
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Colonia Amistad |
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Independence, Oregon is a city that is named after Independence, Missouri, where its pioneers originated from. Independence settled into the business of being a quiet, yet prosperous Willamette Valley river town. Only 10 miles southwest of downtown Salem, Independence is truly “‘close to everything”, yet is far enough away to still have a small town feeling. The beautiful Oregon coast is less than an hour away, skiing is about a 2-hour drive, and the state’s largest city, Portland, is only ab |
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Diversity Homes |
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New York has always had a history chock full of diversity. It is also becoming a very green place to live. There are communities such as the Diversity Homes who are making this more commonplace and possible.
Located in the lower east side of Manhattan, the Diversity Homes are located in a historic neighborhood that is named for its rich culture. This area has seen immigrant families settle in the 19th and 20th centuries and where many European, Asian, Italian and Latin American New Yorkers |
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DosVesta, Oregon |
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DosVesta is in a Portland neighborhood that has caught EnviroCitizen.org's attention. This home fits right in with its green surroundings. The multitude of green touches attest to the amount of thought and effort that was put into this design. |
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Eco Friendly Rental Tips for the Budget Conscious |
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Not all of us can always afford to live in a LEED certified home or qualify for the special eco-communities. There are ways though to check out to see if a place is eco-friendly or ways to help make it eco-friendly.
Look for a place with a recycling area. Not all places have recycling areas on their grounds. Some only have trash. It is a good indication of how eco-friendly the landlord or Rental Company is. It also helps that you don’t have to go all the way to the recycling facility.
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Elevation 314 |
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Elevation 314 is a prime green rental property in the nation’s capital. It has been the recipient of several awards including the 2007 VA Assoc of Landscape Architects Special Commendation for Sustainable Design, the 2006 NAHB National Green Building Award, the 2005 AIA DC Award for Excellence and the 2005 Maryland/DC NAIOP award of Excellence for the Best Environmentally Friendly Building.
For energy, it has lots to offer the tenant. A particular thing worthy of all the attention was that |
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Elliott Homes |
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In Roseville, California, EnviroCitizen.org discovered that Elliott Homes is currently selling new homes with solar roofs and energy-efficient appliances. These homes, in their Terra Vista community, were recently named "Roseville Best Homes" by the Roseville Electric Company. |
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Emerald Cities International Ltd |
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Green communities are becoming more prevalent in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and other countries. These are mostly done through private, small groups. Recently, on off-shore company in the United Kingdom has come up with the idea to have green communities become their company’s worldwide project. Nations Trust Ltd. has started the Emerald Cities Project to promote sustainable cities. The National Trust has a prototype plan for developers who want to move to a greener commun |
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Emerald- Chicago, IL |
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In the Windy City, green rental units are becoming more prevalent. Emerald is as green as the stone after which it was named. The building is a wonderful place to live and a great example of a fine, green residence. Emerald was designed with people's health and the Earth in mind. |
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Environmentally Friendly Senior Housing |
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The new group of senior citizens is very eco-aware, much more than ever before. Therefore the call for green retirement planning is more popular than ever. Unfortunately, searches for green retirement communities generally only turn up developments that might have “green” in their name but are not green at all. Here are some tips to weed out the retirement communities that advertise as eco-sensitive but are not delivering true sustainability or green strategies. |
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Evergreen Park |
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Public housing can be a real challenge for cities in their quest to provide affordable housing for low-income citizens. Making public housing green is an additional challenge. However, there are examples of how to overcome both of these and make green housing both affordable and good for the environment.
One example is a public housing development in Potsdam, NY. Potsdam is located near the center of New York’s largest county, St. Lawrence. Together with Canton, a neighboring city in New Yo |
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Ewing Independent Living |
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There are plenty of places to retire in New Jersey, but the new generation of retirees, the baby boomers, is demanding that their retirement be green so that future generations can enjoy the Earth that they share. Some independent living communities share this view. Ewing Independent Living is one of them.
Ewing Independent Living is a newly constructed, 72 unit affordable community in Ewing, N.J., dedicated to seniors 55 and over and adults with disabilities. With 56 one-bedroom and 16 two |
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Finding a Green Real Estate Agent |
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When buying or selling a home, having a good real estate agent helps the process go smoother. In the search, you are looking for a person who fits your personality as well as one who is qualified to handle the complicated transaction of a property sale. When you want to buy a green home, you have added additional realtor requirements that need to be addressed.
It helps immensely to find an agent who has a respect for energy-efficiency and the environment. The ideal agent would also be at leas |
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Folsom/Dore Apartments- San Francisco, CA |
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Folsom/Dore Apartments- San Francisco, CASan Francisco has always been a trendy city. It has recently been setting trends in regards to green initiatives as well. The Folsom /Dore apartments are a perfect example of this with their ultra-modern architecture. This building is a LEED certified building that has won many awards: 2007 Award of Excellence. |
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Furniture That's Green and Safe for SeniorsFurniture That's Green and Safe for Seniors |
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Keeping seniors safe at home has become a top priority for millions of Americans and their elderly loved ones. According to a recent survey by the American Association of Retired People (AARP), most seniors want to remain in their own homes as long as possible as they grow older. But this desire to age in familiar surroundings requires improvements aimed at keeping seniors safe at home. Following eco-friendly guidelines can accomplish this. It requires one to create an environment that's comf |
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Georgetown Village Development |
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When you think of the village lifestyle, you think of having all kinds of activities and places to go while living nearby. Georgetown, in the heart of Texas, tries to build on the village concept and succeeds. They incorporate a sense of history as well as awareness of one’s place on the Earth into their development.
Georgetown, Texas is a small town located at the fork of the North and South San Gabriel River. Georgetown lies between the lush fertile farm land to the east and the hill count |
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Geos Green Community |
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Overcoming the dependence on fossil fuels is a great challenge to many communities around the world. The average American home produces over seven tons of carbon dioxide, the greenhouse gas that is a by-product of fossil fuels, each year. One community has made its reliance on fossil fuels a thing of the past. As the first fossil fuel free community in the United States, Geos, Colorado is powered by the heat inside the Earth and the warmth of the sun heating the outside of the Earth. Geos i |
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