To
stay within the recommended guidelines for sustainable homes, we prefer to design
homes that do not exceed the following maximum square footage for the first
and second floor combined (daylight basements are excluded. (These are higher
than the LEED for Homes program for "0" additional points.)
1 bedroom
1700 s.f.
2 bedrooms
2000 s.f.
3 bedrooms
2300 s.f.
4 bedrooms
2600 s.f.
5 bedrooms
2850 s.f.
6 bedrooms
3100 s.f.
If you are interested in a slightly larger home, and since most green building
programs have trade offs to offset higher square footages per bedroom, please
do not hesitate to contact us for the possibility of working with you. This
article is a good summary of why a large house usually cannot be green.