Waste Reduction and Recycling
  • Recycle paper, cardboard, newspaper, glass, metal, plastic
  • Use recycled content paper
  • Use wet blown cellulose in all walls and ceilings
  • Use superior wall foundations that use less concrete
  • Use foam insulation on walls 
Future Plans:
  • Use low-VOC paints

Green Purchasing
  • Buy products in bulk
  • Incorporate green building materials (in any remodeling, renovation, or construction of own facilities)
​Future Plans:
  • Purchase more sustainable lighting for homes

Energy Efficiency and Conservation
  • Replace light bulbs with compact fluorescent light bulbs or LEDs
  • Use motion sensors and lighting controls
  • Use energy star products
  • Use renewable sources of energy

Alternative Transportation
  • Use hybrid or alternative fuels for fleet​

Water Conservation and Pollution Prevention
  • Use mulch
  • Use low-flow toilets
  • Use water efficient faucets 
Future Plans:
  • Rain barrels
Staff Training and Public Awareness 
  • Offer customers green service or amenity options 
  • Incorporate green awareness into staff training and orientation
  • Incorporate green tips into company newsletters, bulletins, and/or marketing materials 

Healthy Living
  • Consider dietary restrictions of employees and/or customers (have available vegetarian, vegan, and gluten free food options) 
  • Financial incentives for employees to stop smoking
  • If work longer days, employees are allowed an extra day off to compensate
Future Plans:
  • Encourage healthy eating 
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​​Community Involvement
Local charitable events:
  • Built 3 Habitat for Humanity Homes
  • Built 2 homes for Cherry Street Mission
  • Built The Daughter Project
  • Built 2 homes after Hurricane Katrina
Volunteer opportunities for employees:
  • Crews helped build all the above homes
Annual charity donations:
  • Daughter Project
  • Pregnancy Center of Toledo 
  • Crossroads Church
  • Cherry Street Mission

Green Certification and Awards
  • Energy Star builder since 2002
  • Deer Valley Villas was one of the first energy star development in Ohio 
  • "Builder of the Year" 5 times
  • "Villa of the Year" 8 times
  • "Home of the Year" 3 times
  • "Development of the Year" 2 times
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