Stapleton, Colorado is an amazing suburb of Denver. It is a very progressive community with regard to sustainability. "Every home in Stapleton is Energy Star qualified." (www.stapleton.com)

When it comes to the subjects of construction and Denver new homes, builders are so dedicated to providing lower carbon emissions' structures that they are not happy with the fact that you are saving an average of 30% on your utility bill. They have attained a level as to where you will receive refunds from your utility company!

Other benefits of residing in Stapleton:

• Everything is practically within walking distance from your home.
• All commercial buildings are energy efficient and LEEDS certified.
• Stapleton's percentage of recycling, as a city, is 93%.
• "Setting new standards for redevelopment by recycling an entire airport." (www.stapleton.com)
• "Partnering with NREL (National Renewable Energy Labs) and the U.S. Department of
• Energy's Building America to make each generation of homes better than the last." (www.stapleton.com)

Stapleton new homes and neighborhoods are being designed with Convenience, with a Capital C, in mind. No longer will you need to drive across town to find anything. "In fact, everything you need is just a short walk or bike ride away in Stapleton. Not a new idea, but a really good one. This is a community that's people-focused rather than car-focused, much like what you find in small towns and urban boroughs throughout the world. Stapleton has become a refreshing alternative to the suburban model . a place where all kinds of homes and all kinds of people exist happily, synergistically, together." (www.stapletondenver.com)

This community also boasts of award winning schools with a progressive type education system which is offered to children. There is also the Denver School of Science and Technology which prepares its students for the workforce by requiring an internship period from juniors and seniors. Owners of new homes in Denver with small children will have no trouble finding early childcare/daycare centers and, if need be, even a specialty school for vision impaired kids.

(Photo courtesy of squirll, Flickr.)

Parks and green areas are another plus for this city to which you will have easy access. Stapleton boasts that "No matter where you are in Stapleton, you're never more than five minutes from a beautiful, green open space -- a Stapleton park. In most cases, there is a park in your backyard." (www.stapletondenver.com)

Not everyone can afford to have a pool in their backyard and this city provides 3 neighborhood (public) pools, which are strategically situated, in order to serve different neighborhoods, simultaneously.

As if all of this weren't enough, your Denver new home will be located 10 minutes from downtown, 20 minutes from Denver International Airport and 30 minutes from the Rockies.

It is extremely unusual to find a city with a few LEED certified commercial buildings. It is practically unheard of that a city has ALL of its commercial buildings LEED certified.

Denver new homes' owners and residents benefit from this construction movement as they provide healthier work environments. Healthy and happy workers are more productive workers..proven fact. A study conducted by Michigan State University confirmed this - "The researchers found that the move to green buildings:

• Lowered the average time at work that employees suffered from depression and stress from 20.21 to 14.06 hours a month.
• Decreased the average work hours per month that asthma and respiratory allergies affected workers from 16.28 to 6.32 hours.
• Cut the average number of hours per month an employee reported being absent per month because of asthma and allergies from 1.12 to 0.49.
• Reduces self-reported absenteeism from stress and depression from 0.93 hours per month to 0.47." (www.smartplanet.com)

Nothing is 100% anything but, the closer you get to it the better. Stapleton new homes' owners may brag that their community is 93% recycle aware. What that translates to is "that 93% of all Stapleton home owners participate in the city's recycling program." (www.denverrealtyexperts.clom)

A new term, "staplestone" was coined when "Over 6 million tons of runway concrete was crushed into "Staplestone," an aggregate used to build roadways, bridges and bike paths in Stapleton and throughout Colorado." (www.stapleton.com)

(Photo courtesy of dsearls, Flickr.)

In this fast-paced world of ours everything seems to be changing by the second. That includes the technologies being used in building Stapleton New Homes.

The city of Stapleton new homes' builders have partnered with the National Renewable Energy Labs (NREL) and the U.S. Department of Energy's Building America in order to keep abreast of the newest technology available in order to build better and more efficient future proof homes.

Features which some Stapleton residential builders are incorporating in their New Homes to make them future proof include solar panels already installed on the roof, energy efficient zoned heating systems, under floor heating systems, technology to lower your water consumption and sound and space management, all within functional designs.