Washington Village touts green amenities

BOULDER — When Darrell Icenogle and his wife, Kathy, move into their new net-zero home in Washington Village around the first of September, they’ll be the first residents of a community ultimately planned for 33 families.

Washington Village includes the former Washington Elementary School and the land around it at 1215 Cedar Ave. in Boulder.

Developer Jim Leach, owner of Wonderland Hill Development Co., is collaborating with Cornerstone Homes Inc. in Longmont to build the project and with Norbert Klebl, developer of the energy-efficient future Geos Neighborhood in Arvada, to provide many of the energy efficiency ideas, among others in the green-building…