ECO-Nomical Design

City Ventures is a green homebuilder developing energy efficient homes good for a green earth and a green wallet. Advanced solar power, efficient appliances and other innovations allow these smart, sustainable homes to significantly reduce your utility bills. These are the most energy-efficient new homes on the market, and their technologies come standard in all City Ventures homes: There is no extra fee to achieve low energy use. They reduce your impact on the environment, making you less dependent on energy companies, while living in comfort and style.
This is where the world is going. In your new home, you're already there. Only City Ventures goes this deep into green. Our executives are accredited by the U.S. Green Building Council and our homes achieve the highest standards of efficiency from Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®)

GREEN BUILDERS JOURNAL

Each week, City Ventures President of Homebuilding, Herb Gardner discusses topics involving Green Building, it's practices and what it means to home owners and our community.

February 6, 2012
Beyond LEED is Greenkey!

November 14, 2011
Site Stewardship: Control erosion during construction and minimize disturbance to the site

November 1, 2011
What is a "Sustainable Site"?

August 29, 2011
Indoor Water: Efficiency WITHOUT Sacrificing Function

July 27, 2011
Outdoor Water Use: Sprinklers in the rain?

July 11, 2011
Water is costly to procure, treat and distribute. Especially if you live where it doesn't naturally exist... like the southwest.

June 27, 2011
Water Effeciency - An interesting aspect of the "green" movement

May 23, 2011
Many Components Define a LEED Green Home Besides "Energy"

May 3, 2011
How Do Homebuilders Define "Green?"

April 18, 2011
The Pure Definition of Sustainability

March 25, 2011
Being "Green" doesn't solve the problem, It only delays it

March 21, 2011
Natural Resource Depletion

March 8, 2011
What Does "Green" Mean?

March 2, 2011
Welcome to the Green Builder's Journal!