A Plan for the Ages
Meadowlark Builders and Architectural Resource teamed with the homeowners to transform an archetype from another era into an icon of future homes. This “deep green” whole house remodel is LEED® Platinum certified, the third platinum level remodel in Michigan. This home is built to provide key elements for a new era of housing – energy efficiency, low maintenance and durability, healthy indoor air quality, and smaller but better designed homes that incorporate many of Sarah Susanka's Not So Big® design principles.
This home's “future ready” features include a new geothermal system designed to provide domestic hot water and radiant heat to the pre-piped super insulated floor slab in the sunroom and the master suite. Conduits have been installed from the roof to the basement for future renewable energy harvesting. “Free” energy from the sun can be harnessed using site specific window placement, ‘tune’ overhangs to control the sun, and passive collection materials to hold the heat and use it in the home.
Advanced framing promotes a variety of building methods and engineering approaches that minimize material use and waste in the construction of a wood-framed house.
From ultra low-flow fixtures in the bathrooms to an efficient PEX manifold delivery system, plus outdoor rain barrels, rain gardens and a permeable site plan, this home is constructed to use far less water than the average home.
Polyurethane foam is applied directly to the roof deck to complete an airtight building shell. The attic stays cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter while lowering energy bills by 20% or more.
ERVs (Energy Recovery Ventilators) recover the heat and moisture content of stale interior air to condition incoming fresh air. Large amounts of energy are saved by this exchange, while HEPA filtration further optimizes interior air quality.
Reclaimed materials from the demolition of this project were used to construct a barn for a different client on a different site so much of the older materials were diverted from the land fill.
This home's “future ready” features include a new geothermal system designed to provide domestic hot water and radiant heat to the pre-piped super insulated floor slab in the sunroom and the master suite. Conduits have been installed from the roof to the basement for future renewable energy harvesting. “Free” energy from the sun can be harnessed using site specific window placement, ‘tune’ overhangs to control the sun, and passive collection materials to hold the heat and use it in the home.
Advanced framing promotes a variety of building methods and engineering approaches that minimize material use and waste in the construction of a wood-framed house.
From ultra low-flow fixtures in the bathrooms to an efficient PEX manifold delivery system, plus outdoor rain barrels, rain gardens and a permeable site plan, this home is constructed to use far less water than the average home.
Polyurethane foam is applied directly to the roof deck to complete an airtight building shell. The attic stays cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter while lowering energy bills by 20% or more.
ERVs (Energy Recovery Ventilators) recover the heat and moisture content of stale interior air to condition incoming fresh air. Large amounts of energy are saved by this exchange, while HEPA filtration further optimizes interior air quality.
Reclaimed materials from the demolition of this project were used to construct a barn for a different client on a different site so much of the older materials were diverted from the land fill.
Project Year: 2010
Project Cost: $200,001 - $500,000
Country: United States
Zip Code: 48103
