The home was built as a case study in Sustainable and Energy Efficient building design. Passive Solar design strategies and new construction technologies are employed that marry with the Site and Program goals. • Solar orientation of the spaces; • broad eaves for shade; • natural cross ventilation to take advantage of the delta Breeze; • Natural Daylighting; • Structural Insulated Panel System (SIPS) construction; • FSC-certified lumber and cedar siding; • High Efficiency insulations, windows and lighting; • pre-finished fiber cement Rain-screen siding; • thermal mass polished concrete floors with radiant heating;, • Photovoltaic solar power ready butterfly roof. ©serrao design/architecture, unless otherwise noted