SureGreen – Leading Green custom home builders and new construction specialists in PA, Pittsburgh, Ohio, and West Virginia.
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SureGreen – Leading Green custom home builders and new construction specialists in PA, Pittsburgh, Ohio, and West Virginia
The home above is a candidate for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification and represents the state of the art for new construction homes in PA. This two-story residence is a showcase for sustainable building practices and products. From the locally sourced ash front door to the automated clerestory windows that admit natural light without heating up the rooms to the state-of-the-art geothermal heat pump that uses 50 percent less energy than a conventional heating/cooling system, this home is a beautiful doorway into 21st Century green construction by SureGreen, a custom home builder in PA. Read More.

SureGreen - Green Home Builders PA, New Construction Homes Specialists with a Focus on Green Construction in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia.

Meet our Team

Chris Frank and Tim Shipley combine 40 years of experience as Pittsburgh home builders. Our resumes begin in the eighties as early adaptors of building systems that included design, site selection, new building envelope strategies, advanced insulation, foundations, heating, air conditioning and ventilation to list just a few. Chris and Tim hold the highest professional designations available to home builders in Pittsburgh and the Tri-State area. Certifications include Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) AP and Certified Green Professional. They built the Northeast’s first Good Sense Environmental Home in 1991 and the WPXI Concept Home in 2006. They are the region’s premier new house builders in PA. We bring over 40 years of hands on experience in green, sustainable building and development to your project. New construction, existing homes, light commercial and environmentally sensitive land use are all part of our repertoire. We were building green long before it was a hot topic. Building homes of enduring quality while treading lightly on mother earth is our passion. And, we’ll build it cost-effectively. Click here to read our bios.

About Green Construction

Green construction consists of using energy-efficient and environment-friendly materials in harmony with mother earth. When it comes to new construction homes in PA, green is much more than a color. Green building begins with determining the suitability of the site and ensuring the structure lends itself to the land. Being home builders in Pittsburgh presents many challenges including minimizing site disturbance and managing erosion and sediment control during construction. SureGreen is one of a few home builders in PA to practice sound waste management and to use renewable resources for construction minimizing energy use and the impact on natural resources. Green building principles include efficient foundations, a sound building envelope, indoor environmental quality, water management and sensible exterior hard and soft-scapes. What is more? It has become much more affordable. Many efficient building products have come down in price as demand for them has risen. With SureGreen’s many years of experience as a Pittsburgh home builder, you can rest assured you won’t be paying for material and labor lost to a learning curve. We have built these homes and we know what it will cost. Your energy savings will be 30% less than the standard non-green home – possibly even more! Tax credits, grants and other programs can make once expensive features very affordable. The benefits do not end with the financial advantage, however. Increased comfort, living in a healthy environment and knowing that you are minimizing your impact on natural resources are a very big part of this tremendous payoff.

Our Services

SureGreen is a custom home builder in PA. We will assist with all aspects of green and energy efficient construction. Available services include:

What Our Clients are Saying

The most important . . . and most expensive . . . lesson we learned is to obtain a contractor who understands and promotes the concepts of energy efficient, green construction, rather than resisting and cutting corners at every step of the way. Experience clearly is important, but so is a willingness to learn about and employ new materials, techniques, and technology. Tim Shipley and Chris Frank at SureGreen not only embraced these concepts, but also brought new suggestions to the table that made our house better. Furthermore, Tim provided by far the most accurate and detailed bids, with materials and methods all determined in advance, which meant no surprises or cut corners. We knew exactly what we were getting and what it cost. Sure Green was open, honest and fair when it came to overruns (rare), add ons, and the contingencies that are inevitable during construction. In short, we could not have completed our house without them. (We can say this with confidence because we tried, with disastrous results.)

Chris Frank of SureGreen was on site every day (and sometimes night) overseeing every detail of construction. He insisted on everything being done correctly, identified and often corrected problems before we were even aware of them, and refused to tolerate substandard work. He was not only fair and honest, but also exceedingly patient with our detailed requests and, rather than rolling his eyes at the installation of another cat door, always remained focused on getting us exactly what we wanted. Construction is not always an enjoyable process, but Chris made it fun - even when he (or we) wanted to cry. When we started working with Chris, we thought of him as an overqualified foreman; Now, we consider him an indispensable partner and friend, without whom we could not have attained our goals.

--Shawna & Sherwood Johnson, Gibsonia, PA