Benefits:

• 35% more energy efficient than a similar conventionally built home (lower utility bills)
• A healthier home with the use of natural products, low VOC paints and stains, hard surface floors and recycled and reclaimed materials
• Cleaner indoor air with an airtight design and a filtered ventilation and recovery system
• Longer lasting more durable home
• More marketable for resale
• Designed for the addition of solar panels
• Ample natural daylight (effectively bringing the outside in)
• Operable windows to allow natural ventilation and cross breezes

Home Description:

• 2,200 square foot home (3 bedrooms / 3 bathrooms)
• Passive solare design to maximize winter solar gain and minimize summer sun exposure
• Heat retaining building shape (east-west rectangular floor plan)
• Super insulated building envelope and air-tight design
• Energy star appliances and low flow fixtures throughout
• Energy efficient furnace and tankless hot water heater
• High performance thermal pane windows (60% of all windows direct southern exposure)
• centrally located concrete thermal mass that absorbs winter solar heat gain and slowly releases it back into the home
• Effective storm water management plan through building details and landscaping
• designed for aging-in-place home owners