A net-zero energy home with handcrafted details: this home was designed and built for a young family that is deeply committed to keeping the environmental footprint small.

Inspired by natural building materials and raw industrial loft spaces, the owners wanted to create a home that both celebrates the “imperfect” qualities of handmade structures and that also has a clean contemporary feel. A weathering steel metal roof, native log post details, polish concrete floors, salvaged wood, and locally sourced materials and products underscore the aesthetic and ecological goals.

A combination of passive solar design, meticulous air sealing, high performance windows, and attentive insulation details reduce the space conditioning requirements of this house to a mere fraction of a typical code built home. A single mini-split heats and cools the entire house and a 7 kw photovoltaic system will provide more than enough onsite energy to offset the homes energy usage.