{"id":7317,"date":"2013-04-15T08:51:13","date_gmt":"2013-04-15T15:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/?p=7317"},"modified":"2013-04-17T13:47:19","modified_gmt":"2013-04-17T20:47:19","slug":"benefits-of-using-pre-drawn-green-house-plans-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/benefits-of-using-pre-drawn-green-house-plans-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Benefits of Using Pre-Drawn Green House Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019re looking for an affordable way to build a sustainable home, than choosing off-the-shelf green house plans from The House Designers is a great option.<\/em><\/p>\n

Once you\u2019ve committed to building a new home, there are many questions you will need to ask yourself before you begin your search for the perfect house plan. Some are simple\u2014what home styles appeal to you? How large a home do you wish to build? What design features are important to you? Do you prefer a one-story or two-story design and would you like the option to easily expand your living space with a basement floor plan or bonus room? Do you have plans to \u2018age-in-place?\u2019<\/p>\n

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This new eco-friendly cottage house plan features cabinetry from KraftMaid\u00ae<\/a> and ENERGY STAR\u00ae appliances from Whirlpool\u00ae<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Once you\u2019ve answered these questions and filled out your wish list for the sort of home you\u2019d like to build, you might ask yourself if building a home that\u2019s extra energy-efficient and eco-friendly is a priority.<\/div>\n
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If you answered yes, let The House Designers show you just how \u2018green\u2019 your new home can be. For the environmentalist in you they\u2019ve got a huge selection of beautiful, certified green house plans<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n

You could hire an architect to draw up your house plans, but it\u2019s costly and can take a considerable length of time. The more affordable and efficient choice is to select a stock house plan. There are literally thousands of green home plans available online in a wide range of styles, sizes, layouts and amenities. You can choose from THD\u2019s exclusive selection of\u00a0ENERGY STAR\u00ae and Green House Plans<\/u><\/a>\u00a0that are either ENERGY STAR\u00ae approved or LEED certified by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). If you find a stock house plan that you really like but isn\u2019t quite perfect, they\u2019ll customize it for you to ensure that it fits all your needs and preferences.<\/p>\n

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This quaint cottage house plans features an open, eco-friendly living space with crown moulding from Fypon\u00ae<\/a>, hardwood flooring from Lumber Liquidators\u00ae<\/a> and a fireplace designed with Cultured Stone\u00ae from Boral\u00ae<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One significant benefit to choosing a stock green house plan is that it\u2019s almost certainly been built somewhere, so any construction issues have already been discovered and ironed out. Of course you need to hire the right builder, preferably one who has experience in building sustainable homes similar to the one you plan to build.<\/p>\n

A great stock green house plan like those offered by The House Designers will include many of the green features you are looking for, like solar heating, natural day-lighting, higher insulation levels, ENERGY STAR\u00ae products and energy efficient heating and cooling systems. If you like, you can add an ENERGY STAR\u00ae approved plan package to any of their house plans to provide detailed, complete blueprints for your builder to construct your new energy-efficient home.<\/p>\n

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), \u201cENERGY STAR\u00ae certified new homes<\/a> are designed and built to standards well above most other homes on the market today, delivering energy savings of up to 30 percent when compared to typical new homes. A new home that has earned the ENERGY STAR\u00ae label has undergone a rigorous process of inspections, testing, and verification to meet strict requirements set by the EPA, delivering better quality, comfort, and efficiency.<\/p>\n

View our entire collection of exclusive ENERGY STAR\u00ae and Green House Plans<\/a>\u00a0and learn about all the benefits of building a green home in our Green Building Articles section<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019re looking for an affordable way to build a sustainable home, than choosing off-the-shelf green house plans from The House Designers is a great option. Once you\u2019ve committed to building a new home, there are many questions you will need to ask yourself before you begin your search for the perfect house plan. Some […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[85,2],"tags":[332,477,682],"class_list":["post-7317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-green-house-plans","category-houseplans","tag-earth-day","tag-eco-friendly-home-designs","tag-green-house-plans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7317"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7344,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7317\/revisions\/7344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}