green is the new blue
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Sustainable Development Practices Sustainable Development Practices at the Corky McMillin Companiesat the Corky McMillin Companies
Green is the New Green is the New BlueBlue
Where Have We Been?
• Premier Builder of Mixed Use Master Plan Communities
• Sensitive and Responsible Land Planning
• Preservation of thousands of acres of permanent Open Space
• Hundreds of acres of wetlands preserved or restored
• Examples: Scripps Ranch North; Otay Ranch
What Are We Doing What Are We Doing Today?Today?
• Award- winning Mixed Use Land Plan – Residential, employment, retail, hospitality, educational and civic / cultural uses
• Adaptive Reuse of historic buildings
• Hundreds of acres of plazas, parks and recreational uses
• Connective tissue of sidewalks, paths and promenades
• Recycling of construction debris and materials
• LEED certification
McMillin GreenMcMillin GreenA healthier, smarter way to live.
• Showcases McMillin’s commitment to green building practices, with a focus on our homebuilding company
• Focus on green features and options that McMillin offers on our homebuyers
• Emphasizes the commitment to ongoing education of our residents and buyers
What Does Tomorrow What Does Tomorrow Look Like?Look Like?
The Eastern Urban CenterThe Eastern Urban Center
EASTERN URBAN CENTER – SUSTAINABLE FEATURES
•Flexible Mixed Use Format
•Intimately Scaled Grid Street System
•Compact Walkable Districts
•Transit Integration
•Urban Parks Program
•Community at a Neighborhood and Project Level
• Other Sustainable Initiatives and Modeling Efforts
Site Utilization Plan
Vehicular Circulation
Pedestrian Circulation
Regional Trail
Pedestrian Grid
Loop Trails
Village PathwayInternal Connections /Paseos
Park Promenade
Regional Transit
The Plan•Urban Parks and Public Spaces
The Plan•Urban Parks and Public Spaces•North Park
The Plan•North Park•Civic Plaza
The Plan•Civic Plaza•Town Square
“Always do right. It will gratify some and astonish the rest.”
-Mark Twain
Sustainability•Implementing the City of Chula Vista’s sustainability initiative
through a cooperative venture between:
The United States Department of Energy
The Gas and Technology Institute
The City of Chula Vista
San Diego State University
Creating model processes and market based designs for energy
efficient community development
•LEED-Neighborhood Design Pilot Program participant – one of 234
projects from six countries; also accepted into the Focus Group – a
select group of 60 projects. EUC is one of eight focus group projects
from California and the only one located south of Los Angeles
Developing Sustainable Development
The “Green Building” movement started through an analysis of development on a building by building basis.
Now we must step beyond that approach of analyzing individual components and embrace a whole systems approach which will allow us to utilize the efficiencies that can be created through integration.
LEED for Neighborhood Development
Designed to certify exemplary development
projects that perform well in terms of smart
growth, new urbanism, and green building
LEED-ND Point Categories
• Smart Location & Linkage 30 Points Possible
• Neighborhood Pattern & Design39 Points Possible
• Green Construction & Technology31 Points Possible
• Innovation & Design Process6 Points Possible
•LEED Platinum80-106 points
LEED-ND Certification Levels
•LEED Gold60-79 points
•LEED Silver50-59 points
•LEED Certified40-49 points
Chula Vista Research Project
Intended to determine how advanced
building energy technologies and land use,
transportation and urban design features can
be integrated to produce energy-efficient
development projects in California
Create Building Prototypes
Input Land Use Scenarios
Experiment interactively & see changes
Evaluate Preferred Plan (Buildings AND Land Use)
Analyze Annual & Hour By Hour Energy Performance for Different
Building Specifications
Measure aggregate impacts
The CVRP has allowed us to…
Eastern Urban Center
…presents the opportunity to address peoples’ desire for a sense of community and connection.
This holds the promise of a sustainable future, one that is part of the ‘solution’ vs. the ‘problem’ posed by ongoing sprawl development.
Questions / Comments?Questions / Comments?
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