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Green Home Design Firm Offers its First Free Green Showcase Floor Plan

Charlestown, MA (PRWEB) May 24, 2009 -- Today FreeGreen, the world's leading green house plan (http://www.freegreen.com/) provider has announced the launch for its first Showcase Green House, a New England Colonial House Plan. Starting in July, green home enthusiasts around the world will be able to download the floor plans, construction documents, and energy efficiency calculations for this classic New England Colonial House Plan. All of these documents will be available to the public for free, using FreeGreen's unique house plan specification advertising model. For this project, FreeGreen, provider partnered with a Needham, MA-based family to design and document the construction of a green home. Every step of this ground breaking home design project has been documented in a special FreeGreen Showcase House Plan micro-blog. (http://www.freegreen.com/green-home-build-story-needham-ma-house/)

This project has documented the family's decision and construction of the home including their work with local service providers such as System Seven for green home automation design, Conoco Systems for the design and installation of a Water Furnace Geothermal system and Kitchen View's for the design and use of green kitchen and bath cabinets.

"We are excited at the progress we have made and for the e launch of the colonial green house plan", said homeowner Bob Glazer. "We are very proud of the decisions that we and FreeGreen have made through this process such as being the first home in New England to use FSC Clear (CVG) Cedar Siding from F.D. Sterrit Lumber, the selection of LED Energy Star Lighting from Wolfers Lighting, and energy efficient spray foam insulation from Icynene and Healthy Homes Inc. We hope that sharing our experiences of building a green home and educating FreeGreen's users on the use of green home products will help promote more sustainable building.

This showcase home will be the first of its kind, to combine such as well documented user experience and a ree houseplan for any one to download. David Wax, CEO of FreeGreen states, "We have all seen books about green home design, read blogs discussing green houses, and purchased house plans, but we wanted to do more. With the help of the Glazer'sm we have been able to provide our users with the unique experience, of following and being involved with the difficult decisions and complex calculations that are involved with making a healthy energy efficient home. This showcase project is now the first in a new line of efforts that FreeGreen will be taking on, creating a library of well documented actual green home builds, and free green house plans for all to learn from and implement in their own way."

Current sponsors for this project include: Wolfers Lighting, Kitchen Views Custom, F.D. Sterrit Lumber, Warmly Yours, Icynene, Kohler, Victoria and Albert, System Seven, Pulseworx, Water Furnace, Coneco Geothermal Systems, Needham Bank, Marble and Granite, Andie Day Design, Crystal Cabinets, Jarvis Appliance, GE Appliances, Terrene Building Supply, and Healthy Homes Inc.

About FreeGreen

Founded in 2008, Is the world's leading house plan provider now distributing over 36,000 house plans per year. Created by a diverse group of designers, engineers and businesspeople, FreeGreen encourages building green homes by making house plans available at no charge. The FreeGreen team has been working together for more than five years on residential green design and construction projects. These activities include designing and constructing an award-winning off-grid home, designing solar-powered green houses, and creating residential energy models for Global 500 companies.

To learn more and to download a free green house plan, visit freegreen.com (http://www.freegreen.com/).

Media Contact:

Adriane Dean

Peter Arnold Associates

781-239-1030

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Home Site Map Advertise Subscribe to our Monthly Email Newsletter	Lonely Planet - Saving Our Green Earth Featured: BP Oil Disaster Green Home Design Firm Offers its First Free Green Showcase Floor Plan Charlestown, MA (PRWEB) May 24, 2009 -- Today FreeGreen, the world's leading green house plan (http://www.freegreen.com/) provider has announced the launch for its first Showcase Green House, a New England Colonial House Plan. Starting in July, green home enthusiasts around the world will be able to download the floor plans, construction documents, and energy efficiency calculations for this classic New England Colonial House Plan. All of these documents will be available to the public for free, using FreeGreen's unique house plan specification advertising model. For this project, FreeGreen, provider partnered with a Needham, MA-based family to design and document the construction of a green home. Every step of this ground breaking home design project has been documented in a special FreeGreen Showcase House Plan micro-blog. (http://www.freegreen.com/green-home-build-story-needham-ma-house/) This project has documented the family's decision and construction of the home including their work with local service providers such as System Seven for green home automation design, Conoco Systems for the design and installation of a Water Furnace Geothermal system and Kitchen View's for the design and use of green kitchen and bath cabinets. "We are excited at the progress we have made and for the e launch of the colonial green house plan", said homeowner Bob Glazer. "We are very proud of the decisions that we and FreeGreen have made through this process such as being the first home in New England to use FSC Clear (CVG) Cedar Siding from F.D. Sterrit Lumber, the selection of LED Energy Star Lighting from Wolfers Lighting, and energy efficient spray foam insulation from Icynene and Healthy Homes Inc. We hope that sharing our experiences of building a green home and educating FreeGreen's users on the use of green home products will help promote more sustainable building. This showcase home will be the first of its kind, to combine such as well documented user experience and a ree houseplan for any one to download. David Wax, CEO of FreeGreen states, "We have all seen books about green home design, read blogs discussing green houses, and purchased house plans, but we wanted to do more. With the help of the Glazer'sm we have been able to provide our users with the unique experience, of following and being involved with the difficult decisions and complex calculations that are involved with making a healthy energy efficient home. This showcase project is now the first in a new line of efforts that FreeGreen will be taking on, creating a library of well documented actual green home builds, and free green house plans for all to learn from and implement in their own way." Current sponsors for this project include: Wolfers Lighting, Kitchen Views Custom, F.D. Sterrit Lumber, Warmly Yours, Icynene, Kohler, Victoria and Albert, System Seven, Pulseworx, Water Furnace, Coneco Geothermal Systems, Needham Bank, Marble and Granite, Andie Day Design, Crystal Cabinets, Jarvis Appliance, GE Appliances, Terrene Building Supply, and Healthy Homes Inc. About FreeGreen Founded in 2008, Is the world's leading house plan provider now distributing over 36,000 house plans per year. Created by a diverse group of designers, engineers and businesspeople, FreeGreen encourages building green homes by making house plans available at no charge. 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