A Better Life Begins with a Better Home. Based in Charleston, SC, Amerisips is the leading designer and builder of high performance Free Energy Living™ buildings for residential and light-commercial markets in the Coastal South Carolina. Amerisips integrates state of the art building technologies that reduce energy and generate free energy for the lifetime of the new home or building.Free Energy Living™ means capturing free energy from the sun forever and cutting the electricity costs from 50 percent to 100 percent depending on available options. Starting with the Amerisips unique EcoShell™ high performance Structural Insulated Panel System, buildings can be built to withstand winds up to 200 mph. Every Amerisips building is designed and built to be certified by the U.S. Green Building Councils LEED for Homes, the Department of Energy’s ZERO Energy Ready Homes and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Indoor airPLUS and Water Sense programs. The first home and second homes in Charleston were rated as a HERS 7 and 1 and received the USGBC LEED Platinum rating, certifying the home to meet the highest quality standards in the U.S.