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Welcome to Green Home Design, Reducing our impact on the environment.
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- Designed as a replacement for a house which burned down in the "Oakland Firestorm", this 2100 SF 3 bedroom passive solar tempered home, presented a difficult problem. The existing drive approach and the swimming pool and deck had to remain in the same place while a new passive solar heated house was fitted in between them. The resulting design has four levels. The lowest includes the garage and the workshop and is roughly at the level of the drive approach. The next level, a half flight up and buried into the hillside includes the entry porch, greenhouse entry vestibule, the entry hall solarium, a half bath, the master suite, the growing greenhouse and the pool patio. The next level is above the first level and contains the main living, dining, kitchen and pantry. Another half flight up and above the Master Suite are the other two bedrooms, a bathroom, the laundry and a small play area connected to a deck and patio on the north west. The house includes 2x6 walls with R-19 insulation. There is a whole house ventilation system with a heat exchanger. All rooms have fluorescent lighting and ceiling fans. In addition, the owner wanted the new home to showcase a variety of alternative energy systems: active solar system (top row of panels on the roof) for water heating, space heating, and pool heating, solar electricity (Photovoltaic) system (bottom row of panels), ground coupled and water to water heat pumps. The swimming pool is used to store heat during the winter.
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