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construction company is branching out and home proj-
ects are either on the boards or underway in several
Florida and California locations. In Florida, Greenergy
builds most of its own structures. The California homes
have been contracted to local construction company
that is already established, knows all the jurisdiction’s
building codes, the markets, the vendors, etc. “We
design and engineer the home and go to them,” says
Salmi. “’Here’s our specs, please provide us a cost for
these homes,’ and then we sign a contract.”
“Right now, the very first village that is being finished
under our company name and brand is the EcoVillage
Madeira Beach. It sold out in 10 days pre-construc-
tion. It is seven homes, and we’re probably about
30 days away from all homes being done and com-
pleted.” In the Tampa area, a Newland Communities
project in Apollo Beach called Waterset is a master-
planned community with about 1,000 lots and homes
built so far, with 5,000 at maturity. “We just launched
EcoVillage Waterset and it looks like we’ll be building
there another ten years.” says Salmi. “We just got ap-
proved as a builder and we took our first 80 lots. And
we are now building our zero-energy home model be-
tween D.R. Horton and David Weekley. So, it’s really
a game-changer. We are bringing this product to the
marketplace and competing directly with the national
builders.”
Several other Greenergy projects are in different phas-
es of development. “Dunedin is the next one that will
be completed - 25 town homes will be done later this
year; Waterset is just starting – we are in the process
of building the model home and the first couple of spec
homes; EcoVillage-Bakersfield, California - we are final-
izing the site development; EcoVillage River Place - we
are in the process of building the first building; Mez-
zaluna Springs – all the entitlements are done and the
next step is to start the site development. So they all
are in different stages and all is based on utilizing the
exact same product across the board, meaning a net-
zero electric, or net-zero energy home, depending on
the project in question.”
Now that construction is burgeoning, Salmi’s long ex-
perience in sales and marketing completes the Green-
ergy business model. “Not only do we have a product
that nobody else is bringing to the marketplace, we
