This document summarizes the sustainable development practices of the Corky McMillin Companies, a premier builder of mixed-use master planned communities. It discusses how the company has preserved thousands of acres of open space and wetlands. It also outlines current practices like LEED certification and highlighting green building options for homebuyers. The document concludes by describing plans for a future development called the Eastern Urban Center, which will utilize sustainable features like transit integration, urban parks, and compact neighborhoods to create an energy efficient community.
3. • 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
5. • 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
6. McMillin Green
A 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
9. 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
19. “Always do right. It will gratify
some and astonish the rest.”
-Mark Twain
20. 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
21. 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.
23. LEED-ND Point Categories
• Smart Location & Linkage
30 Points Possible
• Neighborhood Pattern & Design
39 Points Possible
• Green Construction & Technology
31 Points Possible
• Innovation & Design Process
6 Points Possible
25. 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
26. The CVRP has allowed us to… Input Land Use Scenarios
Create Building Analyze Annual & Hour By Hour
Prototypes Energy Performance for Different
Building Specifications
Measure aggregate
impacts
Evaluate Preferred Plan
(Buildings AND Land Use)
Experiment interactively &
see changes
27. 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.