Exterior Elevations and Sections. This fun home has a simple elegance that will wear well with time. A great room open to the environment. Covered court yard and uncovered out door spaces adjacent the Great Room. The master bedroom is across the court yard and above it creating a bridge like home.

First and second floor plans. The garage area may be converted into a studio/office area or a second bedroom suite.

Note the "solar room" with Trombe wall, the major passive heat collecting element.

3D views of the home. This design is suitable for a site with a south facing building pad.

Original design sketch.

Complete sets of building plans and specification guidelines using green and healthy materials and systems are included. Please contact us for more information.

Our first offering is a small one-bedroom home with a garage, workshop or studio, which can be converted into a second bedroom suite if desired.

I have always been fascinated with the idea of going outside to get from the bedroom(s) to the living space. In relatively benign climates this is a very viable scheme.

The home is depicted with a standing seam steel roof but a Spanish tile option is also available.

The home is heated and cooled by a sun-facing passive solar Trombe wall system. During the heating season the heat collected in the Trombe wall solar room is pumped into the home. For cooling vents are provided and the system using convective airflows "pumps" heat out of the home.

In difficult climates a ground source or geothermal heat pump system is highly recommended.

The structural system is a type of structural insulated panel. These panels have a 4" or 5" EPS (expanded polystyrene) core with 1½" sprayed on concrete or plaster mix each side, giving a panel thickness of approximately 8". These panels are stronger, more durable, and considerably more energy efficient than wood or steel stick framing methods and as an added benefit they reduce construction time.

This construction system is approved by Building Officials in the USA - so there will not be unusual problems getting a building permit for this building system. Structural Engineering for the above ground portion of the home is included with the plans. Foundations will require local soils reports and local engineering.

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