What is Good?
Good is our first eco-urban community in Sacramento’s urban core. It consists of 35 individual homes that are LEED ND Certified and located in the Washington Neighborhood of West Sacramento.

Why call it Good?
We get this question a lot, so here is what led us to the name.

It seemed like a name that spoke volumes about what we are trying to do as well as the good that its dwellers will be doing. Doing good is a guiding principle for us when we embark on any new project: we strive to dream big, live small, and do good.

Doing good by creating homes a little less taxing on our environment and make our world just a little better? Sure. But we wanted to do more good.

We believe that most people want to do good. If we can do good, by placing a smaller footprint on our planet, and help others a world away, that would be, just that good.

For more information visit dosomegoodnow.com or read more in our Do-Some-Good-Now Commitment.

Good on Green
It is clear that building green is good for our planet. But it is also good for you. It is about a lifestyle, that is not only more responsible, but cleaner, and simpler.

With this in mind, we have designed our Good homes from the inside out with sustainability leading the way.

Standard Green features for Good:

• LEED ND Certification – Certified: through the pilot program of the LEED for Neighborhood Development program.
• Energy Star Program
• PG&E Energy Efficiency Program
• Overall energy performance 20% above title 24 standards
• Night Breeze Fresh-air intake air conditioning
• Thermally Broken Aluminum windows with LoE2 Insulated Glass
• Solar panels for energy generation
• Recycled Stabilized Cellulose Insulation
• White roof – low slope roof with Coolstar reflective coating
• Reflective roof-sheething (Techshield)
• Optimum Value Engineering (OVE) two-foot stud and floor joist spacing
• Fire sprinklers
• Tankless water heaters
• Fisher Pakel high efficiency dishwasher
• Dual-flush toilets
• Low flow plumbing fixtures
• All compact fluorescent can lights with dimmers and occupancy sensors
• Low VOC interior paint
• Non-formaldehyde millwork and cabinets with low VOC Green Varnish and Blumotion Hardware
• Polished concrete floors with 25% fly ash content on all first floors
• Squak Mountain recycled content counter tops (resembles soapstone or limestone)
• Eco-Gres (eco-friendly porcelain) back splash tile
• Urban forest reclaimed black walnut shelving, stairs
• Exterior trim FLOR Carpet tiles with recycled content

Good Design
Inspired by the architecture in the urban core, our local design team set out to design our Good homes organically modern from the inside out.

We stared out by utilizing every square foot in the unit, and then added beautiful green finishes. The result, you have a space you can live in that is as efficient as it is beautiful. It’s Good.

Stay tuned, floor plans and additional design features about Good coming soon! Want to see them first? Sign up here for our Good email list, which will ensure that you are first to get more information as we release it.

Principal Architect
Craig Stradley of Mogavero Notestine & Associates

LJUrban’s Design Team
Vanessa Reed & Molly Weber

Local Designer
blankblank  (floor plans & interior finish designers)

LJUrban’s Interior Design
Molly Weber

Artistic renderings
Tatiana Arocha

Good Blogging
You’ll find blog posts about Good listed below.

• (Re) Introducing: Habitat
• B Street West Got Approved!
• B Street West Has Officially Broken Ground!
• B Street West Interior Designs on Display at Design Within Reach
• Building with the Ideals In Sight
• Eco-Urban Lumber: Reclaimed Wood from B Street West
• Progress, Balance and Large-Scale Social Change
• Simple Stories
• To LEED or Not To LEED?
• What’s Green about B Street West?
• When doing good gets really, REALLY addictive...

 

FAQ’s
We are working on putting together a list of frequently asked questions. If you have any questions that you would like us to add to our list please post a comment below and we will try to answer them in a timely manner. Also, please sign up here for our Good email list, which will ensure that you are first to get more information as we release it.