Mountain Modern Sustainable Home – Colorado
The Mountain Modern Residence is a proposed speculative residence demonstrating EVstudio’s full understanding of green systems, design and technologies. It is a prototype design that the client wishes to reproduce at a normal market price point. The client is currently looking for the first piece of vacant land.
Core Sustainable Concepts Outline:
- Smaller footprint with open floor plan & compact shape
- Structural Insulated Panels construction above grade
- Insulated Concrete Forms for foundation and slab concrete floors with in-floor radiant
- Spray in Foam insulation (wherever necessary)
- Resource efficient structural elements
- Passive solar design with southern exposure
- Glass ratios LEED = North-South glazing 50% higher than East-West glazing
- Winter (single) low-e windows on South exposures
- Double low-e windows on North, East and West exposures
- Well designed overhangs for shading
- Thermal chimney for active or passive convection loop in chimney with duct controls
- Compost capability and Built-in Recycle centers in kitchen and garage / sorting space
- Natural daylighting with windows in every room
- Kalwall translucent insulating panel on select windows, R-20 at 2-3/4” thickness
- Natural ventilation with operable windows
- Natural cooling (air intake through or past vegetation)
- Natural cooling (air intake from north side at mechanical mezzanine)
- Airlock entry with contamination control @ entry
- Detached garage (unconditioned) for contaminant control and energy efficiency
- Southern exposure w/ 4:12 roof for PV systems with 800 kWh (avg. 1900 s.f. home)
- Geothermal system on certain sites otherwise High-efficiency boiler as primary heat
- All high performing appliances
- Low-flow fixtures including dual flush toilets
- Ultra-high performance glazing
- Air-Air heat exchanger for ventilation requirements with HRV system in mezzanine
- Heat recovery system on Domestic Hot Water
- Energy efficient lighting system
- Low VOC / Odors / Emissions for all interior materials & finishes
- Durability planning
