Green Homes for Greensburg Competition

Starting Fresh in Greensburg, Kansas
On May 4, 2007 at approximately 9:45 pm CDT, Greensburg, Kansas was almost completely destroyed by an F5 tornado. Lonnie McCollum, Mayor of Greensburg would like to re-build the town as a pillar in the green building movement, an example for America. Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius supports this vision.

Design Competition Premise
This design competition provides an applied learning experience in the principles of integrated design, sustainability, innovation, and social consciousness. Using the USGBC’s LEED-H rating system as a benchmark, teams of 3 people will design LEED-H green homes for residents in Greensburg, KS, including the option of “Net-Zero” homes that produce as much energy as it consumes.

Design Submissions (in PDF format)
Avara
Clithero
Ferguson
Gale House
Greening Up
High Plains Modular
L House
Renew Greensburg
Shultz
Supposed To Be
The F5 House
Wheat House

Winners
First Place - The F5 House
Mike Reardon, Ashley McClure, Dave Wolff - Trivers Associates, St. Louis
Second Place - Greening Up
Matt Peddie, Rafal Trojniak, Hugo Cabrera - Berger Devine Yaeger, Kansas City MO
Third Place - The L-House
Lucy Askew, Tom Tang, Navreet Gill - Washington University, St. Louis MO

Honorable Mention - Legacy Homes
Joshua Schultz, Jamie Zimdahl, Ryan Lettau - Milwaukee School of Engineering, Milwaukee WI
Honorable Mention - High Plains
John Wimmer, Penny Pan, James Roseberry - Trivers Associates, St. Louis MO