Sustainable Colorado Green Homes and Living

Solar Powered Homes

Solar Village Turn-key Homes are systems built, sustainable, true solar homes that perform at the levels the Solar Village Homes brand demands. These homes are the result of relationships with the leading systems built home manufacturers in the country,  who are able to build to our extremely high standards.  There is a reason why many countries in Europe build a large percentage of their homes the “systems built” way, find out for yourself.

Conventional and  Modular Construction

S.I.P.S INSULATED PANEL CONSTRUCTION

INSULATED COMPONENT STRUCTURES – ROCKY MOUNTAIN, Inc. (ICS-RM) is a manufacturing company dedicated to helping people save time, money, and energy. We have developed cost-effective, high quality, energy-efficient, easy-to-assemble building components as modern alternatives to conventional building methods. We maintain a friendly, fair, and creative work environment that promotes productivity, responsibility, conservation, and innovation. PRODUCTS: ICS-Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs) are manufactured with internal and external surfaces (“skins” or substrates) of engineered structural products, such as oriented strand board (OSB), fiber-cement, Fiberock, fiber-reinforced plastic (FRP), various exterior sidings, or various metals, and have a closed-cell polyurethane foam core. The variety of surfaces allows ICS-SIPs to have numerous commercial, residential, and specialty applications: homes, schools, storage buildings, retail buildings, hotels, motels, theaters, modular offices, laboratories, temperature/humidity-controlled enclosures, curing barns, agricultural and animal containment buildings, assisted living and nursing homes, protective electronic shelters, are a few of the types of construction that have incorporated ICS-SIPs. ICS also manufactures non-structural insulated panels, such as insulated curtain walls, interior walls, partitions, and cladding for existing structures. The insulation value of ICS panels ranges from R-20 (3-inch) to R-28 (4.5-inch) to R-42 (6.5-inch) to R-54 (8.25-inch). This can provide a reduction in energy consumption from 30% to 70%, depending on local heating and cooling requirements and local utilities costs, when compared to traditional “stick & batt” construction methods. ICS is built on the knowledge that there is a need for advanced pre-manufactured modular building components that, when assembled, form a complete structural/thermal exterior building shell. These structural building components are supplied to the construction industry for residential, commercial, and specialty applications.

Systems-Built and S.I.P.S Construction Benefits

Solar Power

Welcome to the world of solar power, the clean source of power that comes for free from the sun every day, even on cloudy days. Our homes generate FREE power for your home for 30 years!  The best part of solar power is it requires minimal maintenance since it has no moving parts (just electricity) and it makes a direct impact on your electric bills every day.   All our homes start with 2.5 kw of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels on the roof, enough to power an estimated 30-100% of your electricity needs depending on your energy use profile and the size of the home.  The really cool part of this system is that it comes with an internet based monitoring system that lets you see how much energy your system produces each day, week or annually.  This same system can automate all of your lighting, audio, video and computer needs as well as letting you know if there are any problems with the solar power system automatically!

60 Reasons to move to Fort Collins, Colorado

• * Ranked 3rd on the Best Bicycle Cities list: League of American
  Bicyclists and TheStreet.com August 2011
• * One of the top 15 Best Places for triathletes to live and train:Triathlete Magazine – August 2011
• * Ranked 5th Best Places for Business and Careers: Forbes – June 2011
• * Fort Collins, One of the Top 10 Cities Adopting Smart Grid Technology:U.S.News and World Report – May 2011
• * Top Colorado City for Job Growth, Fort Collins-Loveland: 2011 Best
  (Cities for Job Growth, newgeography.com – May 2011
• * Third Happiest Metro Region, Fort Collins-Loveland, CO:Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index – 2011
• * One of the Top Ten Places to Retire in the Nation: Charles Schwab’s On
  Investing – Spring 2011
• * 2011 Governor’s Arts Award: Colorado Creative Industries and the
  Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade – March 2011
• * One of the Top 10 Best American cities to invest your real estate dollars in2011: Trulia.com – December 2010
• * Named 5th Most Educated City in the country based on education levels of ouradult population: Portfolio.com – December 2010
• * Fourth Best State for Business, Colorado: Forbes magazine – October 2010
• * One the Top 25 Best Places to Retire: CNNMoney.com – September 2010
• * One of the Top 10 Best College Towns: Small-Sized Cities Category, USA
  Today – September 2010
• * One of the top six ‘Smarter Cities’ for Energy: Natural Resources
  Defense Council, (population 100,000-249,999) – August 2010
• * 6th Best Place to Live in the Nation: Money Magazine – July 2010
• * One of the Most Underrated Cities in the West: Life.com – June 2010One of the Greatest Places to Live in the West: American Cowboy
  magazine – April 2010
• * Ranked 4th Best Places for Business and Careers: Forbes – April 2010
• * One of a Dozen Distinctive Destinations: National Trust for Historic
  Preservation – February 2010
• * Ranked 3rd ‘Smarter City’ for sustainability: Natural Resources Defense
  Council – July 2009 Named one of 10 Great Places for Entrepreneurs to Retire: Forbes – June 2009
• * Ranked 1st Best Place to Live and Work for Young Professionals (pop.100,000-200,000): Next Generation Consulting – March 2009
• * Named 2nd Best Metro for Business and Careers: Forbes magazine – March 2009
• * Ranked 7th Best Midsize Metro in the nation: bizjournals.com – March 2009
• * One of Top 20 Places to Thrive: Best Boomer Towns – February 2009
• * Ranked 10th Best-Educated City in America: Forbes magazine – November 2008
• * One of the Best Places to Raise Your Kids: Business Week – November 2008
• * LEED Gold designation for the Northside Aztlan Community Center; U.S.
  Green Build Council: October 2008 -
• * Gold level Bicycle Friendly Community: League of American
  Bicyclists – September 2008
• * 2nd Best Place to Live: Money magazine – August 2008
• * One of 8 Enriching Towns for Art and Music Lovers: Where to Retire
  magazine – April 2008.
• * Named 3rd Best Place for Business and Career: Forbes magazine – March 2008
• * Ranked 39th Best Place to Live and Launch a Business: CNN/Money – March 2008
• * Top 10 Digital Cities; Center for Digital Government, September 2007: -
• * One of 30 Fast Cities, due to innovation and creativity of workforce:Fast Company magazine – July 2007
• * 9th Best Place to Invest in Real Estate: Business 2.0 – May 2007
• * Top 10 College Towns for Grown-Ups: Kiplinger’s magazine – March 2007
• * Named a Preserve America Community: First Lady Laura Bush – 2007
• * One of America’s Most Walkable Small Cities: msn.com – 2007
• * One of the Best Places for Business and Careers: Forbes magazine – 2007
• * Fort Collins listed among the Top 10 College Towns for Grown-Ups:Kiplinger magazine – March 2007
• * Fort Collins Ranked 4th among College Towns With Great Golf : Business
  Week Online (Golf Digest) – November 2006
• * Fort Collins came in 9th on “Where to Buy Now”: Business 2.0
  magazine – November 2006
• * #1 Best Place to Live in the Nation: Money Magazine – August 2006
• * Listed as 23rd among 63 Hot Mid-Sized Cities for Entrepreneurs:Entrepreneur magazine – August 2006
• * Seated as the 6th Best Places for Business and Career: Forbes
  magazine – May 2006
• * Ranked 2nd (moved up from 9th place in 2005) for having the Safest Drivers:Allstate Insurance – May 2006
• * Fort Collins is one of the 50 Best Places to Live (ranked 34th):Kiplinger’s magazine – June 2006
• * Rated as the 6th most Affordable Communities/Best Places to Raise YourFamily: Frommer’s – May 2006
• * Fort Collins received the Preserve America Grant: – March 2006
• * Fort Collins is one of the 100 Best Communities for Young People:America’s Promise – September 2005
• * City of Fort Collins earns “Bicycle Friendly Community” national award:League of American Bicyclists – 2005
• * “American Dream Town.” Fort Collins rated as one of the Best Towns in theU.S.: Outside Magazine – August 2005)
• * Fort Collins drivers are the ninth best in the nation: Allstate
  Insurance Company’s (“America’s Best Drivers Report.”) -
• * Fort Collins & Larimer County Named Top Nature-Friendly Communities: -June, 2005
• * Selected as 4th best place to live in the United States: Men’s
  Journal – April 2005
• * Officially designated as a “Take Pride In America Community”: – March 2005
• * City of Fort Collins selected as “Top Retirement Spot“: Where to Retire
  magazine – March/April 2005
• * Fort Collins was designated a Preserve America Community for its committment tohistoric preservation and celebration of our priceless cultural and naturalheritage. : First Lady Laura Bush – 2004
• * City of Fort Collins Web Site: #1 in the Nation!: – September, 2004
• * “Top 5 Places to Retire”: MSN.com – July, 2003
• * Fort Collins ranks No. 29 on the list of best places for business andcareers in America’s small cities.: Forbes Magazine -
• * Fort Collins ranks #4 of the 50 best places to live in the United states(The criteria included the familiarity of a small town but with attractiveamenities, good weather, location, all around livable and inviting.): Men’sJournal – May 2003
• * Loveland/Fort Collins is the #1 Best Place to Reinvent Your Life: AARP
  Magazine – May & June 2003 edition)

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