The Garden Atriums are a unique and idyllic residential community, designed to provide residents with a real wealth of natural beauty and the highest quality of life. The Garden Atriums also provide residents with all the ingredients of a totally sustainable living space: power reliability in storms and blackouts, security and privacy, and no heating and very low cooling bills.

The Garden Atriums make use of the most advanced architectural design technology to maximize the amount of available sunlight in a unique, garden-like setting. A large skylight at the center of every house covers a complete atrium garden in which virtually anything can be grown. All entrances to the house are secure. The front of each house is monitored by 24 hour video. Every home has a private patio and outdoor area for each bedroom.

All residents share a private park that includes space for a personal organic garden and fountain, a fruit orchard, a gazebo and an aquaculture pond.

The Garden Atriums are one of the foremost energy efficient and eco-friendly residential communities in the country — incorporating a variety of energy saving measures into every house.

• A passive solar system soaks up incoming sunlight from the atrium, stores it, and continuously distributes it throughout the entire house.

• Solar cells (photovoltaic) on the exterior of each house generate electricity to meet virtually all of the house's energy needs year round.

• The glass roof includes a special coating that helps keep the house cool in the warmer months, while extensive insulation in the walls and ceilings hold on to the heat in the winter. For much of the year, in fact, each house actually generates more power than it uses.

• The Garden Atriums also include their own irrigation systems, using "rainwater harvesting" to supply virtually all of the water for the houses, their individual gardens, and the private park.