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Newland Communities kicks off the third annual Green Home Tour with U.S. Green Building Council speaker
Posted: 05-01-2008 : CHAPEL, HILL, N.C.
Chapel Hill, N.C. – Newland Communities hosted a pre-event opening reception for the Third Annual Green Home Tour, a joint project of the Home Builders Association of Durham, Orange and Chatham Counties and the Home Builders Association of Raleigh-Wake County. The event was held at the Briar Chapel green-built information center. The Green Home Tour is a free, self-guided tour of 40 green homes in the Triangle that takes place on May 3-4.
Guest speaker Michelle Moore, senior vice president of the U.S. Green Building Council, discussed Newland’s partnership as a founding sponsor of the U.S. Green Building Council’s Green Home Guide, www.greenhomeguide.org, a Web site that gives homeowners, homebuyers, renters, landlords and others the tools they need to ensure their homes are as healthy and environmentally friendly as possible.
Briar Chapel is a new 1589 acre mixed-use community with more than 900 acres of open space just south of Chapel Hill. It is the first community in the Triangle to require homebuilders to comply with the rigorous new home construction requirements and third party testing of the North Carolina Green Building Initiative, creating high performance, healthier homes with measurable cost savings for residents and contributing to an improved quality of life. Here are a few benefits of green home construction at Briar Chapel:
- 30 percent of the homes face south to increase efficiencies and solar capabilities
- Highest energy efficiency and quality standards
- Superior indoor air quality control
- Increased water conservation when high efficiency appliances and fixtures are installed
Newland Communities has selected four area builders to comprise the builder team for its new diverse neighborhood that features parks, schools, acres of open space, miles of nature trails and healthy homes constructed with green building principles. The builder team consists of Chatham Builder Guild, LLC; M/I Homes, Inc.; McNeill Burbank; and Vanguard Homes.
“We are proud of the established and high quality builder team at Briar Chapel. We were diligent in our selection of builders with high standards and a focus on building sustainable, environmentally responsible homes,” said Mitch Barron, vice president of operations for Newland Communities. “These builders will help us realize our responsibility to make Briar Chapel an enduring and healthy community and ensure Briar Chapel is on the forefront of the Triangle’s green communities.”
Newland Communities also unveiled an entranceway sculpture which is a stainless steel replica of Carolina smilax leaves. Newland Communities commissioned Jim Gallucci, a local sculptor for more than 25 years, to create Briar Chapel’s entranceway sculpture. Gallucci currently designs and fabricates sculptures in his Greensboro, N.C. studio and has worked as an art instructor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and an exhibit designer for the North Carolina Zoological Park in Asheboro, N.C.
About Newland Communities®
Newland Communities is a privately owned company that creates residential and urban mixed-use communities from coast to coast. Newland believes it has a responsibility to create enduring, healthier communities so people may live life in ways that matter most to them. Newland currently has nearly 40 communities underway in 14 states. For more information, visit www.newlandcommunities.com. More information on Briar Chapel is available at www.briarchapelnc.com.
Briar Chapel Builders
About Chatham Builder Guild
The Chatham Builder Guild, LLC, is a select group of custom builders serving the Chapel Hill, Durham and Chatham County area. Based in Chatham County, N.C., this group of award-winning builders was created to provide truly custom construction, innovative design and personalized service which individually-owned and operated firms can offer. Guild associates are long-standing members of the Home Builders Association of Durham, Orange and Chatham Counties, are consistent Parade of Home winners, and are active participants in the Green Building Council.
About M/I Homes
M/I Homes, Inc. was founded in 1976 and is one of the nation’s leading builders of single family homes. M/I Homes has established an exemplary reputation based on a strong commitment to superior customer service, innovative design, quality construction and premium locations. Listed on the New York Stock Exchange, M/I Homes serves a broad segment of the housing market including first-time, move-up, luxury and empty nester buyers.
About McNeill Burbank
McNeill Burbank, an affiliated company of Saussy Burbank, has been crafting new homes in the Raleigh, N.C. area since 1992. McNeill Burbank has built more than 700 new homes and won numerous awards for quality and style. The unique designs borrow architecturally from the past while blending a contemporary, timeless look that's rare today. McNeill Burbank prides themselves on the new communities they have chosen to build in, in just the right locations. Saussy Burbank is a Charlotte, North Carolina-based homebuilder, nationally recognized for building homes with distinctive architectural details and innovative floor plans.
About Vanguard Homes
Vanguard Homes was established in 2006 as the outgrowth of a successful North Carolina-based homebuilding company in operation since 1980. With unwavering determination, Vanguard remains committed to being an area leader in homebuilding quality, service, and innovation validated by measurable differences in community development, product design, and home efficiency.
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