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Midwest HVAC News
Four Families Benefiting
from Uponor Systems in New Habitat for Humanity® Eco Village
Homes.
 On
Sunday, April 7, the first four families received keys to their
homes in the St. Croix Valley Habitat for Humanity® Eco Village
project in River Falls, Wis. Among the sustainable features in the
homes, including solar, geothermal and rainwater harvesting, are
Uponor’s plumbing, fire sprinkler and radiant floor heating systems.
Developed in partnership with Habitat for Humanity, the City of
River Falls, the University of Wisconsin, Frisbie Architects and the
St. Croix Institute for Sustainable Community Development, Eco
Village is a master-planned community featuring LEED® Platinum,
carbon negative, net-zero energy use homes.
“We are proud to be an anchor partner for the Eco Village project
and to also have all our systems in the homes,” says Ingrid Mattsson,
director of Brand Management for Uponor and a member of the
company’s Sustainability Team. “Eco Village is the essence of a
sustainable design that brings homes, family living and community
together into one cohesive plan.”
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Started in the
spring of 2012, the Eco Village project consists of 18 home
sites and a community center on five acres of land that share
renewable energy systems (solar and geothermal), walkways,
community produce gardens, edible landscapes, green spaces and a
proposed fleet of shared electric automobiles for the
neighborhood.
As with all Habitat for Humanity projects, the homeowners donate
time to constructing their own homes with the help of
volunteers. Since the groundbreaking in the spring of 2012,
several Uponor employees have volunteered their time at the
project site with the help of the company’s paid volunteer time
off (VTO) program.
“At Uponor, we truly believe in the triple-bottom line approach
to sustainability that aligns people, planet and profit,” says
Mattsson. “Being an anchor partner in the Eco Village project,
having our product in the homes and having our employees
volunteer at the site is a perfect example of our mission.”
Uponor, Inc. is a leading supplier of plumbing, fire safety, and
radiant heating and cooling systems for the residential and
commercial building markets in the United States. Uponor, Inc.
employs 380 people at its North American headquarters in Apple
Valley, Minn. For more information, visit
www.uponorpro.com,
www.uponor-usa.com or call (800) 321-4739.
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