• Units will share gardens where people can grow their own produce.
• Solar panels for electricity and heating water.
• Permeable pavers to let water seep into the ground (so it doesn't run into the nearby St. Croix River).
• Energy-efficient Andersen windows.
• Electric car photovoltaic recharging station at a community center.
• Rainwater will be used for community gardens and for the geothermal loop fields.
Project partners: Habitat for Humanity, the City of River Falls, University of Wisconsin and its St. Croix Institute for Sustainable Community Development, Frisbie Architects.
