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?