Suburban Loft House Plan
For this home, FreeGreen’s designers wanted to create a home that was modest in size yet still had an upscale, custom feel. Despite its size, there is still generous space for a home office. The home features several integrated indoor-outdoor spaces that cater to specific functions. The different design options accommodate economy, mid-level, and hi end/luxury budgets.

Green Features
Optimal Orientation: The front door should face west so that the majority of the homes windows face south. Southern-facing windows are ideal for passive solar heating. Nevertheless, this design will still be very efficient if built in a different direction. FreeGreen can customize plans for your specific building site.

Flat Roof Profiles: By installing solar panels, you essentially buy your energy instead of renting it from a utility company. FreeGreen provides a roof profile options so that you can install up to 5 kW of solar panels on your roof in a variety of orientations.

Building Envelope: The building envelope is the barrier between the indoor and outdoor environment. The quality of a home’s building envelope is the difference between an energy efficient, healthy home and a leaky, unhealthy home. This FreeGreen design features an efficient wall construction detail and specifies high performance windows and doors to provide you with a safe and comfortable home.

Reliable and Efficient Heating and Cooling Systems: Heating and cooling represent the largest energy loads in a home. High efficiency and properly sized furnaces and air conditioning units greatly reduce energy consumption. The Suburban Loft utilizes a high efficiency forced air system to provide heating and cooling. All of the equipment and ductwork are located within the building envelope, which further contributes to the high efficiency. The system is coupled with a Heat Recovery Ventilator (HRV) which provides energy efficient ventilation to maintain excellent indoor air quality. Hot water is generated with a whole-house tankless water heater. The tankless water heater provides unlimited hot water at extremely high levels of efficiency.

Cost Effective Innovative Technologies: FreeGreen has selected innovative building technologies that provide exceptional performance relative their cost.

House Plan Data
Size range: 1,200 – 2,600
Lot types: Suburban, Urban, Lake Front
Climate regions: All
Estimated price to build: $211K to $332K

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