Sustainable

Showcase Home
A Southern Accents featured home using recycled materials, solar and alternative heat.

Showcase Home
Offsite fabrication of a timber structure and detailed site studies allowed for the sensitive integration to the site. Porches create shading to complement the natural breezes. Generous overhangs provide shade. Hydronic in floor heat can be supplemented by future solar collectors, which are provided for in the design.

Showcase Home
A carport structure pro- vides additional uses as a pavilion and as support for solar panels.

Passive Solar
This semi-underground greenhouse sustains itself without heat. Doors to the main residence provide heat gain during the day.

Passive Solar
Partially underground, this passive solar greenhouse is integrated with a perennial garden.

Modular Efficiency
Simple modules are arranged to create this sustainable home.

Lakehouse 2001
Sensitive integration with the site combine natural and architectural shading

Rumbling Bald Home
Integration in to the site with natural materials and colors are complemented by a natural log trellis which provides shade.

Log Arbor
Overhangs and sturdy locust arbors provide welcome shade for this natural stone terrace

Efficient Windows
Triple glazed low E Argon windows are supplemented by recessed moveable insulation

Moveable insulation
Quilted with mylar, these recessed window treatments slide in a track for a tight fit. Window quilts combine with efficient windows for a combined R value of 13.

Indigenous Materials
Natural materials integrated with nature require less maintenance and provide harmony with the environment.