“In new construction, we provide energy efficiency and green building consulting throughout the design process to effectively reduce the energy operating cost of the building and help you achieve the highest LEED rating for Green Buildings.”

 

Style is the synthesis of experience, innovation and design. Imagine a home designed around you, your family, and the way you live. You talk, we listen. Ideas, thoughts, issues, concerns, and costs, all of it gets considered in the design process. Out of that process, your home will emerge, a vivid, vital expression of who you are, giving your home a unique style you can call your own.

 
 

SDG has been a pioneer and innovator in green high performance homes for decades. We have developed numerous building and renewable energy products and technologies to maximize comfort and health while minimizing operating costs and environmental footprint. Our attention to detail results in homes that can be self-sufficient and completely independent of the electricity, water, and sewer grids.

 
 

SDG President John Spears has been designing and building healthy, energy-efficient, green, solar homes around the world for over 35 years with an emphasis on self-sufficient buildings and communities. He has designed sustainable communities in Mexico, South Africa, and China, including the Beijing Olympic Village. Over 6,000 of John Spears' Earth Homes™ have been built around the world, and he has consulted on numerous LEED projects.


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Commercial Green Building Consulting

In new construction, we provide energy efficiency and green building consulting throughout the design process to effectively reduce the energy operating cost of the building and help you achieve the highest LEED rating for Green Buildings. For existing buildings, we provide energy and indoor environmental audits and recommendations. We also can help you qualify for the Federal Energy Tax Credits. We are LEED Accredited by the US Green Building Council and Certified Energy Managers by the Association of Energy Engineers.

We have consulted on over 300 new and existing commercial buildings in the Baltimore/Washington area since 1990.