In collaboration with C.M. Greene Homes, custom “GREEN” Home Builder, we developed a plan for a new 3100 square foot home, designed with Prairie School flair.

• Some of the basic green features are as follows:
• The foundation is made up of prefabricated hi-stress concrete panel walls from Superior Walls of Springfield, IL.

The first and second floor walls are pre-fabricated into wall panels off site, and hoisted into place on site, where they are filled with blown cellulose insulation

• Cementitious stucco panel siding, with low VOC paint
• The “buff” colored brick as supplied by Kirchner block and brick, was manufactured in Kansas City - within 500 miles of the job site.
• Low VOC finishes throughout the interior
• FSC certified wood flooring

And then the mechanics :

• Very Hi-efficiency HVAC systems
• Very Hi-efficiency solar thermal water heating system
• Natural light to all the rooms of the interior

This private residence is slated for completion March 30, 2009. Drive by and see the new home as the finishing touches are inplemented - at 7422 Hoover Ave.

Under construction in Eureka, is the first Geothermal community in Missouri - The Greens at Fox Run uses geothermal energy systems for heat, air conditioning and hot water.

Geothermal in simple terms : It takes the heat from the earth to provide warmth in the winter, while transferring a home’s heat underground in the summer. This system also provides free heat energy for heating water year round.

Durable polyethylene pipes are buried 150 feet beneath the earth and filled with fluid. The earth keeps this fluid an approximate 56° year round.

The underground pipe system works in conjunction with a heat extraction system, an inside unit a little larger than a washing machine. During the winter months the pipe system takes the heat from the earth and transfers it into the heat extraction system, where it makes the small adjustment needed to bring the air to the desired room temperature. In the summer, the system is reversed and heat is siphoned from the home and deposited into the cooler earth.

This 78 home village alone will eliminate about 400 tons of carbon emissions while saving 25 million BTUs every year - the equivalent of adding 30,000 mature oxygen-producing trees to the landscape each year the units operate.

This new home development has been built to LEED Standards (U.S. Green Building Council), National Green Building Standards (National Association of Home Builders), Energy Star Standards (U.S. Department of Energy), and Great Homes Green Standards (Missouri Department of Natural Resources).