Sustainable Design Practices Milestone Ventures assists clients in making design choices to effectively utilize their available project budget to maximize energy efficiency and sustainable design practices. We stay abreast of changing technology and construction techniques to ensure our clients end up with the best possible product. Milestone Ventures has developed projects with sustainable environmental site design features including saved trees, native landscapes, rain gardens, and pervious pavement. Other green features have included solar power, hybrid water heating systems, high efficiency insulation and construction techniques, high efficiency lighting, heating, and cooling, and more. |
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Certifications Milestone Ventures is a leader in developing LEED Certified projects: In 2009, we broke new ground serving as the Development Consultant for Country Trace, the first-ever new construction LEED for Homes Certified apartment building in Indiana. We were also the Development Consultant for Crawford Apartments, which was Indiana's first LEED Platinum Certified affordable multi-family housing community. Crawford Apartments was the 2013 winner of the Indiana Green Building Council’s Green Building Award for the State of Indiana. |
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Development | Certifications | Year Completed |
Country Trace, Palmyra | LEED Certified, Energy Star | 2009 |
Plum Tree Gardens, Noblesville | LEED Gold, Energy Star | 2009 |
Spicewood Garden Apartments I, Sheridan | LEED Silver, Energy Star | 2009 |
Hawthorn Glen Supported Living I, Charlestown | Energy Star | 2010 |
Providence Place V, West Terre Haute | Energy Star | 2010 |
Covered Bridge Apartments, Washington | Energy Star | 2011 |
Ivy Lane Apartments, Vincennes | Energy Star | 2011 |
Liberty Place, Linton | LEED Silver, Energy Star | 2011 |
Millstone Pointe, Greencastle | Energy Star | 2011 |
Newbury Pointe II, Edinburgh | Energy Star | 2011 |
Spicewood Garden Apartments II, Sheridan | LEED Gold, Energy Star | 2012 |
Crawford Apartments, Bloomington | LEED Platinum, Energy Star | 2013 |
Prince Street Cottages, Princeton | LEED Silver, Energy Star | 2014 |
Warren Village, Terre Haute | LEED Silver, Energy Star | 2014 |
Main Street Cottages, Princeton | LEED Gold, Energy Star | 2015 |
Miller Asbury Apartments, Greencastle | LEED Gold, Energy Star | 2015 |
Stonecutters Place, Bedford | LEED Gold, Energy Star | 2015 |
Benet Hall Apartments, Ferdinand | LEED Gold, Energy Star | 2016 |
Crawford Apartments II, Bloomington | LEED Platinum, Energy Star | 2017 |
The Mercantile, Alexandria (New Construction Only) | LEED Certified, Energy Star | 2017 |
Aurora View, Valparaiso | LEED Gold, NGBS Gold, Energy Star | 2018 |