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Pine Glades HomesProject Description:Pine Glades will be one of the first residential developments in Wyoming to receive the US Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Homes (LEED-H) certification. The residences at Pine Glades were not only designed to protect and preserve the natural setting but also to fit within the environment rather than the other way around.At Pine Glades, Jackson’s newest neighborhood, you don’t have to choose between the privacy of a mountain retreat and the convenience of in-town living. Enjoying the outdoors is as easy as stepping into a pair of ski boots, putting on a pair of hiking shoes or rolling the mountain bike out of the garage and setting off on miles of national forest trails. And with the historic Jackson Town Square only seven blocks away, it’s just as easy to enjoy the comforts of civilization, whether it’s a concert at the Center for the Arts or a day of browsing art galleries. Pine Glades will be located at the base of Snow King Mountain in Jackson, Wyoming on 17 acres of land thatched with several thousand mature Douglas fir trees. Developer Dave Taylor took an environmentally conscious approach to the design, clustering the homes to leave 12 acres of open space and preserve 85 percent of the trees. When Pine Glades is completed in the summer of 2009, it will consist of 27 townhomes as well as 12 deed-restricted homes (more than twice the requirement of the Town of Jackson) priced to be affordable to Jackson Hole’s working families. To eliminate the traffic impact on existing neighbors, homeowners will access Pine Glades through a well-lit, spacious Alps-style tunnel from a major traffic collector, South Cache Street. Moreover, Pine Glades provides one mile of new pathways and trails and 4.75 acres of ski terrain to Jackson community members. The townhomes in Pine Glades will range in size from nearly 2,700 to 2,800 square feet, with three bedrooms, three and a half bathrooms, and underground two-car garages. The custom design features vaulted ceilings, lots of large windows for enjoying Teton and forest views, open floor plans, and gas fireplaces with stone chimneys. As with Taylor’s previous projects, Pine Glades homes will be built with top-quality materials and craftsmanship. The eco-friendly aspects of Pine Glades may not be as noticeable as the aesthetic qualities, but they’re just as important a part of Taylor’s plans. Pine Glades has been designed in such an eco-friendly way, in fact, that energy consumption will be 40 percent less than in typical single-family homes of the same size with, among other things, the townhomes maximizing shared wall-space and featuring “Low-E” windows that capture the heat of the sun in the winter and block the infrared heat in the summer. Exterior siding will be made of dead standing pine logs rather than freshly cut live trees. 30% of the cement mix used in concrete will be replaced by fly ash, a coal burning by-product, which results in the removal of landfill waste material. Construction waste will be reduced significantly by utilizing off-site cutting and fabrication of walls. The roadway snow melt system will operate only when necessary by employing an imbedded asphalt sensor to detect temperature and moisture. The electricity generated for the snowmelt will be offset by green tags. And an eco-package for interior design and appliances has been made available to homeowners. The Pine Glades environmentally-sensitive holistic approach can be seen throughout the site plan too. The buildings are innovatively arranged to minimize site disturbance by strategically placing them in two rows that run parallel to the existing slope and locating parking spaces and drive aisles underneath the buildings to further reduce the development’s footprint. The resulting natural landscape and open space at Pine Glades will be overseen by the Teton Science School’s Conservation Research Center, which is staffed by experts in preserving and enhancing the ecological qualities of individual properties. Due to the heavily forested nature of the site, the Teton Science School’s Conservation Research Center devised a “Fuels and Vegetation Management Plan” to address fuel reduction while maintaining the conservation values of the Pine Glades property. The document describes a proactive strategy to manipulate plants and litter to reduce the frequency, rate of spread and intensity of wildland fire. Fuel modeling was used to predict how a wildfire might burn through a Douglas fir forest under various environmental conditions. The Fire and Fuels Extension (FFE) of the Forest Vegetation Simulator (FVS) was used to estimate the fire risk to the property. It was determined that dead and downed wood pieces greater than 3 inches in diameter and less than 40% decayed will be removed from the site. Dead or dying trees leaning into other trees will also be removed throughout the site. The proposed deadwood mitigation will reduce predicted flame heights to approximately 1.5 feet with no scorching. In keeping with policy to minimize the impact on the environment, an “Environmental, Recycling and Waste Management Plan” was crafted to ensure that all employees, subcontractors and suppliers are vigilant in protecting environmental assets on jobsites as well as their surroundings. The plan clearly states that extraordinary efforts must be taken to minimize disturbance on the job-site. As such, scraps of wood, cardboard, metal, glass and plastic containers and sheetrock will be recycled whenever possible. Wood scraps will be stored to burn in a high efficiency wood gasification boiler at times when heating is required. The boiler will be used as the primary heat source in the winter, offsetting the need for propane and kerosene. Jackson was the first city in Wyoming to sign on to the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement, a sign of its commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The design of Pine Glades marks a commitment to preserving the environment, and the lifestyle, of Jackson Hole. Yellowstone Business Partnership: Ask Jackson Hole residents why they love the area and they will talk about environment: the mountains, the clear lakes and rivers, the fresh air, the open spaces and the wildlife. Pine Glades is an eco-friendly neighborhood, designed not only to preserve and protect its natural setting but also to respect the way Jackson Hole residents feel about where they live. The Yellowstone Business Partnership provides a unique opportunity to take this environmentally conscious approach a step beyond the individual homes and site plan of Pine Glades and to focus on the broader impacts of the development’s footprint in our community as well as the Greater Yellowstone region. Pine Glades is on track to become one of the first residential developments in Wyoming to earn the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED certification. LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is a system of verifying that buildings are designed to protect the ecosystem, conserve natural resources and contribute to overall quality of life. In a time when Jackson is seeing tremendous growth and change, the Yellowstone Business Partnership’s Framework for Sustainable Development prioritizes the treasured resources dear to those of us in Jackson and enables a Developer to go above and beyond the LEED criteria to do what’s best for a sustainable Jackson for not just the short-term but the long-term. Team: • Dave Taylor, Developer Pine Glades Development, LLC 70 South King Street PO Box 11870 Jackson, Wyoming 83002 dtaylor@wyom.net (307) 734-5245 • Randy Schrauder, Engineer Rendezvous Engineering, PC PO Box 4858 25 South Gros Ventre Street Jackson, Wyoming 83001 • Penny McBride, LEED-AP Consultant Kath Williams and Associates • Keith Harger, Architect Harger and Hoyt/CTA PO Box 1129 Jackson, Wyoming 83001 • Ray Womack, Structural Engineer Womack and Associates, Inc • Jennifer Mayfield, Public Relations The Oxbow Group PO Box 493 Jackson, Wyoming 83001 jennifer@theoxbowgroup.com (307) 413-2566  GY Framework Progress:Pine Glades Homes hosted a Cinco de Mayo open house with YBP and the Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce, which attracted more than 50 people and was a great success. They plan to break ground on the project the second week of June. A preliminary HERS rating analysis shows that the highefficiency construction and insulation methods at Pine Glades are expected to exceed the International Energy Conservation Code by 50% and is above the base of Energy Star by 30 points.Click here for plans of Pine Glades Affordable Units Click here for the Pine Glades Landscaping Plan Click here for a plan of the Three Unit Building Click here for a Pine Glades Site Plan Rendering |
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