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FreeGreen is a co-sponsor of a home design competition in Greensburg, KS. Greensburg was hit by an EF5, pretty much wiping the town off the map. They are committed to rebuild — and they are going sustainable.
Our detached garage option, theCAR is now available. If you want to order a JADE or FERN without the attached garage option, this is a good alternative.
Our two latest plans, theSAGE and theJADE, in addition to being available at our website, are now also available at freegreen’s website in their open source area. Check them out at:
By popular request, we now have editable dwg CAD files available for any of our plans. Only slightly more expensive (at $750), these files will allow your local architect or designer to make modifications to our plan to better suit your lifestyle.
theSAGE is now available for purchase at our website. Through an exclusive arrangement with the award-winning firm of Arbor South Architecture, PC, we are pleased to offer this 1,447 sq ft, 2 bedroom, 2 bath home.
Well, finally, we have theJADE plan ready for purchase via download. It took a little longer because demand for crawl space options is high and we wanted to offer the plan either way. You can also now download sample elevation pages for each plan. This will gve you an idea of what each side of the house looks like as well as an idea of the level of detail in our construction documents.
I’m trying different blog formats. I’m not happy with the layout yet. Needs pizzaz, but still needs to be simple…
Our latest plan, theJADE is ready to preview at our website http://www.thesimplehouse.com
We received an “honorable mention” award in the 2008 green dot awards! Check it out at:
One simple way to save water is with a dual flush toilet. This one, the “Persuade” by Kohler, has a standard flush of 1.6 gallons plus an optional flush of 0.8 gallons — cutting water use in half.