Building sustainable developments not only benefits the neighborhoods and communities where they are located, but they also directly benefit the consumer in many ways:

• Savings in energy costs
• Improved air quality
• Enhanced access to green spaces
• Recycling facilities to make it easy to reduce, reuse and recycle
• Ability to walk to work or to local amenities
• Enjoyment of retained wildlife habitats
• Ability to take pleasure in retained Greenfields
• Ability to enter the market due to mixed-income housing choices
• Ability to take part in community interaction and involvement
• Benefits from direct and indirect job creation