The results of a sustained effort.

In Daybreak, everything we do has to pass the sustainability test: Is it good for you? Is it good for our community? Is it good for the planet? Is it good for our economy? Because we’ve maintained this philosophy throughout the entire life of the community, Daybreak has amassed a list of accomplishments that is so long, we can’t fit it onto this page. (And this is about the longest page on the whole website.) These are just the highlights:

For healthy bodies
• 22 miles of walking and biking trails (and counting)
• Over 250 acres of parks, sports fields and open space (just a fraction of what’s to come)
• A 65-acre manmade lake for kayaking, canoeing, sailing and jogging around
• Neighborhood elementary schools that let 71% of Daybreak’s students walk or ride bikes to school at least once a week

For a healthy community
• Six community gardens, with more on the way
• An activity-rich community center
• Community pool and splash park
• Neighborhood shopping and dining at SoDa Row village center
• Movie Nights in the Park, the annual 5K Fun Run, and all sorts of other events and seasonal celebrations

For a healthy economy
• Daybreak Corporate Center: 175,000 sq. ft. of office space
• SoDa Row village center: shops, restaurants and services
• Daybreak Commerce Park: a light industrial district along the northeast edge of the community
• TRAX light rail, which is scheduled to begin service in the summer of 2011

For a healthy environment
• 20% of Daybreak’s land is dedicated to open space
• Almost 10,000 new trees planted (100,000 are planned)
• Daybreak homes save an average of 5,206 gallons of water each month, measured against comparable homes in older neighborhoods
• Daybreak is a regional and national leader in home energy efficiency: the first Utah community to require every home to be built to EPA Energy Star® guidelines; one of three Energy Star Version 3.0 Pilot Communities in the country; Daybreak’s developer Rio Tinto is the first in the U.S. to require all new homes to be tested and rated by the Home Energy Rating System (HERS)
• Daybreak was the first Utah community to require every home to be built to EPA Energy Star® guidelines. As a result, our homes use 30% less energy on average than non-Energy Star homes
• We are exploring net zero energy home designs
• An advanced storm water retention and re-infiltration system
• Our builders and contractors recycle more than three fourths of their construction waste
• Several of Daybreak’s civic and commercial buildings are LEED® certified, including the Daybreak Corporate Center, which was the first facility in Utah to receive LEED Platinum certification.