In the Press
John Wesley Miller Companies' award-winning Armory Park del Sol development
Our solar home community of Armory Park del Sol has been featured on HGTV’s “Dream Builders” television series, The Wall Street Journal, Arizona Daily Star newspaper, Discover Magazine, Tucson Home Magazine, Professional Builder Magazine, Tucson Lifestyle Magazine, among many others
To learn more about our beautiful, energy efficient neighborhood and the rest of John Wesley Miller Companies' projects, click on the links below.
Current Press & Awards
John Wesley Miller has been profiled in the March 2008 edition of the Downtown Tucsonan.
John Wesley Miller Companies has received recognition "for demonstrating leadership and commitment to residential energy efficiency" from the U.S Department of Energy's Builders Challenge.
John Wesley Miller Companies has been named Southern Arizona Home Builders Association's 2007 Builder of the Year!
John Wesley Miller Companies is a 2008 EnergyValue Housing Award recipient, winning for it's Net Zero Energy Home's "consistently good features."
John Wesley Miller Companies has received the 2007 AARP/NAHB Livable Communities Award!
And you may have seen us featured in AARP Magazine or on their website.
From the NAHB/AARP press release: "Builder up to 2,500 square feet - John Wesley Miller Companies (for Armory Park del Sol in Tucson, AZ) This user-friendly home design features state-of-the-art energy efficient technology, including solar panels and solar water heating systems, to reduce energy usage by 56%. The house also includes a well-designed kitchen, bathroom, entryways, and architectural details of the surrounding historic neighborhood."
Armory Park del Sol is featured in a brand new Green Smart Market Report, titled The Green Homeowner: Remodeling and Buying Green Homes by McGraw-Hill Construction Analytics.
John Wesley Miller Companies' Armory Park del Sol homes use about half the water of the average Tucson home! To read the APdS Water Report, click here.
City of Tucson Mayor Bob Walkup's Certificate of Appreciation & Recognition to John Wesley Miller Companies for "providing exceptional standard and optional accessible and visitable home construction features, and provisions for individuals with disabilities in our community."
Armory Park del Sol has been named one of the country's Top 10 Cottage Neighborhoods by Cottage Living Magazine
Armory Park del Sol was named one of Tucson's Best Places to Live, Arizona Foothills Magazine.
John Wesley Miller Companies has been awarded Governor Janet Napolitano’s Arizona Innovation Award. Napolitano explained, "This is a perfect example of the type of innovative work going on in Arizona. For years now John Wesley Miller and his company have been ahead of the curve in efforts to build green"
Also... John Wesley Miller Companies is profiled on Governor Janet Napolitano's Innovation America Foundation website.
Just about all of our local television stations covered the Grand Opening of our Second Generation Net Zero Energy Home as well as newspapers such as The Arizona Daily Star , The Daily Territorial and Inside Tucson Business, and more...
On May 5th, Armory Park del Sol was featured in a cover story in the Arizona Republic on innovation in green building (please note, the pricing information in the article is incorrect).
Armory Park del Sol and Builder John Wesley Miller were featured in the Wall Street Journal! The original Wall Street Journal article was on the front page of the Marketplace section on Wednesday, February 21st. The story was reprinted on the cover page of the Real Estate section of The Arizona Republic on Saturday, March 24th with an extra side feature on Armory Park del Sol. To read the original Wall Street Journal article, click here .
If you didn't pick up a copy of Tucson Weekly (for the week of April 19th) and see the article "Environmental Actions" that featured Armory Park del Sol and John Wesley Miller, you can link to it here .
In April, John Wesley Miller was interviewed about how he utilizes solar power in his projects, including Armory Park del Sol on KUAT TV's Arizona Illustrated . See the segment here .
In April, Armory Park del Sol hosted a Climate Change Round Table Discussion , which was organized by Congressman Raul Grijalva. The event was covered by various media outlets, including this Arizona Republic article .
In May, John Wesley Miller Companies was presented with the 2007 Tucson Pima Arts Award for it's "outstanding support of the arts".
Photo by Jason Swift
John Wesley Miller was interviewed for a Tucson Weekly article titled, "Environmental Actions" in April.
KUAT TV's Arizona Illustrated "Sun Power"
Wall Street Journal/Arizona Republic
2006
Commited duo bring sushi eatery to downtown, Tucson Citizen, October 2006
Tucson Weekly Cover Feature "Residential Revolution"
Solar Supporters Say the Time Is Now to Push for Renewable Energy ...
Arizona Daily Star Feature "Lots of Positive Energy" By Gillian Drummond
2005
ToolBase News Volume 10, Issue 3
Inside Tucson Business Feature Article
In Business- Cover Feature for the January/February 2005 Issue
John Wesley Miller named 2005 Faces of Conservation Award Winner for Livable Community by the Sonoran Institute
2003
Articles
Builder Magazine, October 2003
Terrain.org - A Journal of the Built and Natural Environments,
"Armory Park del Sol", Summer/Fall 2003
http://www.terrain.org/unsprawl/
Discover Magazine - April 2003 "UNPLUGGED - Self-sustaining homes could mean the end of utility bills or even the end of utilities" By Manny Frishberg
http://www.discover.com/apr_03/featunplug.html
National Building News Online, "Tucson Zero Energy Home Sets the Stage for Further Research", July 28th, 2003
http://www.nbnnews.com/NBN/issues/2003-07-28/weeklyupdate.html
National Association of Home Builders, "Zero Energy Home - Tucson ZEH", Summer 2003 Learn more...
Professional Builder Magazine, "The Anatomy of Innovation", June 1, 2003
http://www.housingzone.com/topics/pb/build/pb03fa022.asp
Realty Times Financial Wire "Zero Energy Housing On The Horizon" by M. Anthony Carr - August, 2003 Learn more...
Tucson Home Magazine, "The Future Comes Home" Summer 2003, by Christina B. Farnsworth & Michael E. Nicksic
Newspaper
Stauffer, Thomas, "Zero-Energy Home: $380K buys it." June 2, 2003. Arizona Daily Star
Stauffer, Thomas, "Tucson unveils one of only four homes in the U.S. that use zero energy."
April 22, 2003. Arizona Daily Star. Learn more...
TV Features
KTVK Channel 3 News AZ, "Zero Energy in Armory Park del Sol", airdate 5/21/02
KUAT Channel 6 News AZ, "Net Zero Energy Home in Armory Park del Sol", airdate 4/22/03
HGTV "Dream Builders" - Episode # 909 - aired March 30. 2003 Click Here...
2002
Awards
John Wesley Miller named "2002 Green Advocate for the Year", National Association of Home Builders
Articles
Environmental Design & Construction, EDC Newsline "Arizona Community Showcases Green Building Concept" 7/08/2002 Learn More...
Newspaper
Juarez, Macario, Jr. "'Green' award goes to builder Miller."
November 2002. Arizona Daily Star Learn more...
"Tucson, Ariz., Selected as Test Site for Solar-Powered Homes", The Arizona Daily Star April 24, 2002 http://www.irecusa.org/articles/static/1/1019739261_1018302029.html
TV Features
KTVK Channel 3 News AZ, "Zero Energy in Armory Park del Sol", airdate 5/21/02
2001
Articles
Environmental Design & Construction, "Designing 21st Century Buildings: Integrating Efficiency and Renewables" By Mark Ginsberg 2/23/2001 Click here....