philosophy

Green building is the best way to build if we want to enjoy a healthy world whose resources we preserve, protect, and share. We do want such a world.

Toward these ends, we emphasize design, environmentally-conscious site preparation, optimal site orientation, efficient resource use, energy efficiency, passive and active solar features, indoor air quality, and sustainable native landscaping.

To measure ourselves objectively and provide assurance to our clients and the marketplace, we build homes that meet Energy Star, Healthy Built Homes, and LEED for Homes standards.

We work to become ever-greener as we grow.

Good design must incorporate green design to be morally and ethically correct. Green design must incorporate good design – beauty, grace, and usefulness – in order to be worth building and living with. Green design is an approach, not a style. We build and respect both historic and contemporary styles.

We believe you shouldn’t have to know our homes are green to love them. So we build homes that are as beautiful, functional, and appealing as they are green.

Good design has inherent green value. A well-designed house with kick-ass features will be respected, appreciated, and loved. This increases the home’s likelihood for long-term survival, ensuring that resources will remain useful rather than becoming landfill fodder.

Good design is ingrained in our personal histories and our families’ histories.

Good design is cooler than ice cream sandwiches