Fresco is a neighborhood of paired townhomes built around private courtyards, all within The Pinehills. The developer, The Green Company, asked ZED to optimize the energy performance for the homes and design the HVAC systems.

ZED’s energy consulting and mechanical design for each of the three floor plans helped the developers achieve their best Energy Star performance rating to date.

ZED provided energy modeling services for Blu Homes to improve the energy performance of its prefabricated one-, two-, and three-bedroom homes.   ZED modeled design in several climates across the nation assuming two packages of improvements over minimum code and projected carbon footprint reductions for each model in each climate. ZED also made HVAC recommendations that balanced performance and cost considerations.

ZeroEnergy Design and FreeGreen were jointly selected as National Finalists in the U.S. Green Building Council's 2010 Natural Talent Design Competition. As a National Finalist, their green, LEED Platinum home, designed for the post-Hurricane Katrina rebuilding effort, will be built in the Broadmoor neighborhood of New Orleans.

The USGBC, in collaboration with the Salvation Army’s EnviRenew, challenged contestants to design an 800-square-foot LEED Platinum home that embraced the New Orleans Broadmoor neighborhood, functioned well for elderly occupants, and minimized construction and operating costs. ZeroEnergy Design and FreeGreen collaborated on the architecture and specifications for “Little Easy”, which was selected by a panel of prestigious judges as one of four national finalists.

Land Tejas is a large developer of communities surrounding Houston, TX.  ZED worked together with Ryland Homes and GE’s EcoHomes program to help them understand the performance of their homes and recommend measures to help the homes perform 50% better than code.  ZED also developed concepts for their use in marketing this development as the first solar community in the Houston area.