“The home not only provides shelter from the elements but it must also give you the feeling of comfort, security and balance. That comfortable feeling comes from careful design and sensitivity to proportion, materials, texture, light and color.”
 

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.

Our Mission

Sustainable Design Group: Mission
The mission of Sustainable Design Group is to build homes and communities that are in complete harmony with man, nature and the spirit of the place. We call them Earth Homes ™.
In addition, Sustainable Design Group works to facilitate global sustainable development and energy independence through the design, development and deployment of sustainable communities and technologies.

Harmony With Man
The home not only provides shelter from the elements but it must also give you the feeling of comfort, security and balance. That comfortable feeling comes from careful design and sensitivity to proportion, materials, texture, light and color. The use of natural materials and good ventilation assures the healthiest quality indoor environment. State of the art heating and cooling systems and energy efficient construction provides uncompromising comfort and energy efficiency. Earth Homes feel like home.

Harmony With Nature

“The earth does not belong to us. We belong to the earth” - Chief Seattle

We believe that it is our responsibility to respect nature and do nothing to consciously harm our environment. Earth Homes and Communities are built with a deep respect for and in complete harmony with nature and the environment. Earth Homes and communities reflect this in every detail.

Earth Homes work in harmony with the forces of nature. The sun is an integral part of the home design, heating the home naturally in the winter, shaded in the summer to keep the home cool and providing daylight year around. We use solar energy to generate much of the electricity for the home and to heat water where applicable. The natural flow of water is taken into consideration to keep the foundation and site dry and to prevent excessive runoff to nearby streams. The air flow around the building is carefully considered to avoid cold air in winter and to channel cool breezes in summer. We use natural local materials were ever possible. The wood used in Earth Homes is certified to have come from sustainably managed forests. We maximize energy and water efficiency to minimize pollution and depletion of our resources. Our communities are laid out in harmony with the natural energy flows of the landscape and oriented to the winter sun. Only native species of plants are used in the landscaping and roads and site work are designed to minimize run off to the streams. While most developments have a negative impact on the local environment and contribute to global warming due to excessive energy consumption, Earth Homes and Communities strive to improve the local environment and build on the natural beauty of the place.

Harmony With Spirit Of The Place
Every place has its own unique beauty that comes from its history, its people and the natural beauty of the landscape. At Sustainable Design Group we are committed to being a positive influence on the people and natural beauty of the place while respecting the region’s culture and history.

 
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