ECO Welcomes Blue Pathways Workshop

By: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on March 21, 2013   

Last month, ECO Modern Flats hosted 41 green industry professionals as part of the Blue Pathways workshop on Low Impact Design (LID) installation and maintenance.  Tim Copeland, the groundskeeper at ECO, provided a tour and discussed best practices in stormwater management in use on site, including stormwater cisterns and a rain garden. The Blue Pathways program provides training to landscape architects, engineers, project managers, park planners, trail coordinators, irrigation specialists and contractors in Northwest Arkansas.

ECO Minute: Rooftop Patios Maximize Liveable Space

By: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on October 05, 2012   

Living bigger in compact spaces is an important element of green living.  Architect Chris Baribeau explains how creative use of existing space produced rooftop patios and balconies for outdoor living.

ECO Minute: Creating Places for Living from Forgotten Spaces

By: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on September 20, 2012   

The redesign of ECO challenged designers to make the most of leftover spaces.  Architect Chris Baribeau explains how an imaginative approach created a series of new gardens and outdoor gathering spaces.

ECO Minute: Trail Connections for Healthy, Affordable Transportation

By: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on September 19, 2012   

Matt Mihalevich, City of Fayetteville Trails Coordinator, explains the benefits of ECO’s walkable, bike-able location and provides an overview of the destinations that can be easily reached by the Frisco and Oakridge Trails as well as the development of the Razorback Greenway, a 36-mile regional trail.

We’re Platinum!

By: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on May 12, 2011   

We released this press release today, and we’re happy to share the news with you!

ECO Modern Flats Awarded LEED® Platinum Certification

MC3 Multifamily announced today that their newly renovated apartment complex, ECO Modern Flats, was awarded LEED® Platinum certification, the highest recognition awarded by the U.S. Green Building Council for green building and design.

ECO Modern Flats is the first multifamily development in the state to attain any level of LEED certification.  It is the first project in Washington County to qualify for the LEED Platinum standard.  The LEED Platinum certification places the project among an elite number of developments in Arkansas including the Clinton Presidential Center and Heifer International Headquarters.

ECO Minute: Infill Development and Adaptive Reuse

By: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on April 28, 2011   

In this ECO Minute, sustainability expert and neighborhood advocate Mikel Lolley introduces the virtues of infill development and adaptive reuse. A longtime neighborhood resident, Mikel talks about the advantages of this walkable neighborhood. Mikel also talks about how ECO is an example of utilizing “embedded human energy,” to minimize the project’s footprint and conserve vintage structures.