Green Building: Picacho Mountain’s Green Certification Makes Building a Green Certified Home Even Easier
Green home certification can seem a bit daunting, but building your next luxury home at Picacho Mountain can make the certification process just a little bit easier. Picacho Mountain is Southern New Mexico’s only Build Green New Mexico (BGNM) certified community. The BGNM points earned by Picacho Mountain’s certification are creditable to any new home [...]
Classic Pueblo Style New Mexico Custom Home built for an artist by artists
Thanks to Beth Sitzler of the Las Cruces Bulletin for this great article written about Picacho Mountain Residents Bob & Mary Talamini and their amazing custom home built by Wayne & Kiki Suggs of Classic New Mexico Homes. After moving to Las Cruces, New Mexico, Houston-transplants Bob and Mary Talamini decided to explore their new [...]
Energy efficient homes now more affordable with a net-zero home
the go green movement has gained a strong foothold in certain sectors of society. But 2010 is shaping up to be the year where green building really takes off, especially in New Mexico luxury homes through Net-zero and zero-energy homes. In the past, the green building and sustainability movement has primarily focused on conservation in [...]
Go Green: Green Building Design Charrette for a New Mexico Luxury Home
On Monday, January 11th, we held the first green building Design Charrette of 2010 to assist future Picacho Mountain residents, Tom and Ann Clark, in the design process for the LEED Certified home they are planning to build this year. A Green Design Charrette is an intensive, hands-on workshop that brings together a future homeowner [...]
Go Green: Three Green Resolutions For New Mexico Luxury Homes
There have been some confusing reports in the news recently concerning global warming. Several reports have called into question the severity of climate change and its causes. Personally, I am going to leave it up to the scientists to determine the full extent of global warming. In the meantime, these reports may have left you [...]
Best Place to Live: Las Cruces Ranked in Top 10 Best Performing Cities
Las Cruces, New Mexico continues to rank amount the best places to live and work in the United States. The Milken Institute, an independent think tank, has ranked Las Cruces #9 on their 2009 list of Best Performing Small Cities. The rating is based on a variety of factors. The primary factors that moved Las [...]
Go Green: Green Building Strategies for Existing and New Luxury Homes in New Mexico
“Go Green” has definitely become a buzz phrase lately. You see it promoted on TV shows, on the news, in advertisements, even at the grocery store. All the hype over going “green” and green building has cause much debate, fueled skepticism. Is it practical? Is it affordable? Is it a fad? What does it mean? [...]
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