Marabou’s practices
A sampling of green building, sustainable and conservation practices employed at Marabou includes:
- Preservation of a sharptail grouse lek
- Community buildings sided with wood recycled from miles of aging snow fences in Wyoming
- Grazing cattle kept away from the river corridor to allow the recruitment of young cottonwood trees
- Use of solar panels and wind energy certificates to generate electricity for community buildings
- Construction of a settling pond so silt from man-made streams doesn’t return to the Elk River
- Introducing limestone boulders to the river, streams and trout ponds to increase alkalinity, which supports the health of aquatic invertebrates
- Seasonal trail closure to protect elk calving areas
- Orienting buildings to make the most of passive solar opportunities
- Use of internal gravel pits to provide all of the road base for roads, reducing the number of truck trips needed to build the subdivision
- Insisting contractor utilize small pieces trimmed from lumber - kept estimated 14,000 pounds of construction waste out of landfill
- Attention to interior air quality in community buildings - no carpets that give off toxic gases
- Design guidelines requiring all homes to use exterior lighting that conforms to dark skies standard
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