Modern Cape Cod green home earned LEED Gold certification for green features including solar electric, a green roof, and the use of sustainable materials. Construction by Cape Associates. Photos by Michael J Lee. Green architecture by ZeroEnergy Design. www.Zeroenergy.com

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Example of an eclectic home design design in Indianapolis

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Example of an eclectic home design design in Indianapolis

At night, the house glows under a rising fourteen-foot high ceiling that captures views of the San Francisco Bay and Golden Gate Bridge - Green technology, in the form of thin film photovoltaic panels on the metal roof, was utilized to generate electricity. Photo Credit: John Sutton Photography

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Featuring five Executive motorized retractable screens by Phantom, the ‘Generation X’ Concept Home in Eagle Creek, Orlando, FL is one of three homes which have been designed and built for Builder magazine’s Concept Home project. Five Executive motorized retractable screens are installed at the rear of the house and provide a combination of solar shading and protection from insects – allowing the homeowners to make the most of the favorable Florida climate and enjoy outdoor living for much of the year. Photo credit: James Wilson

Exterior Details: Solar Panels - this home as a 7kw Photovoltaic array to power the home office & home itself.
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A stand alone off-grid mountain cabin. This vacation studio is vandal proof, fireproof and no maintenance. Solar ellectric cells provide all the power for lights, sound and pumping water. The large barn door slides across the floor level south facing windows making the place burglar proof. The high south facing clerestory allows the winter sun to warm the interior and venting skylights provide natural daylighting

VERMONT CABIN Location: Jamaica, VT Completion Date: 2009 Size: 1,646 sf Typology: T Series Modules: 5 Boxes Program: o Bedrooms: 3 o Baths: 2 o Features: Media Room, Outdoor Fireplace, Outdoor Stone Terrace o Environmentally Friendly Features: Off Grid Home, 3kW Solar Photovoltaic System, Radiant Floor Heat Materials: o Exterior: Corrugated Metal Siding, Cedar Siding, Ipe Wood Decking, Cement Board Panels o Interior: Bamboo Flooring, Ceasarstone Countertops, Slate Bathroom Floors, Maple Cabinets, Aluminum Clad Wood Windows with Low E, Insulated Glass, Black Steel, Custom Baltic Birch Bench Project Description: Isolated in the Green Mountain National Forest of Vermont, this 1,650 sf prefab home is an escape for a retired Brooklyn couple. With no electric or cell phone service, this ‘Off-the-Grid’ home functions as the common gathering space for the couple, their three grown children and grandchildren to get away and spend quality time together. The client, an avid mushroom hunter and connoisseur, often transverses the 200 acre property for the delicacy, then returns to her home which rests on the top of the mini-mountain. With stunning views of nearby Stratton Mountain, the home is a ‘Head & Tail’ design, where the communal space is the ‘head’, and the private bar of bedrooms and baths forms the longer ‘tail’. Together they form an ‘L’, creating an outdoor terrace to capture the western sun and to enjoy the exterior fireplace which is clad in cement board panels, and radiates heat during the cool summer evenings. Just inside, is the expansive kitchen, living, and dining areas, perfect for preparing meals for their guests. This communal space is wrapped with a custom Baltic Birch bookshelf and window bench so one can soak up the south sun and view of the fern meadow and surrounding wilderness. With dark bamboo floors over radiant heating, and a wood-burning fireplace, the living area is as cozy as can be. The exterior is clad in a maintenance-free corrugated Corten Kynar painted metal panel system to withstand the harsh Vermont winters. Accents of cedar siding add texture and tie the strategically placed windows together. The home is powered by a 3,000 KwH solar array with a back-up generator in case the sun is hidden for an extended period of time. A hybrid insulation system, combining both a closed cell spray foam insulation and batt insulation, along with radiant floor heat ensures the home stays airtight and warm in the winter. Architects: Joseph Tanney, Robert Luntz Project Architect: Justin Barnes Manufacturer: Simplex Industries Project Coordinator: Jason Drouse Engineer: Lynne Walshaw, P.E., Greg Sloditskie Contractor: Big Pine Builders, INC. Photographer: © RES4

Modern Cape Cod green home earned LEED Gold certification for green features including solar electric, a green roof, and the use of sustainable materials. Construction by Cape Associates. Photos by Michael J Lee. Green architecture by ZeroEnergy Design. www.Zeroenergy.com

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Kitchen - Opens up to the Courtyard via Glass Garage Doors. Skyblend Formaldahyde Free Cabinets with Maple Veneer, Ceasarstone Countertops, Kohler Stainless Steel Sink and our son Griffin

This project aims to be the first residence in San Francisco that is completely self-powering and carbon neutral. The architecture has been developed in conjunction with the mechanical systems and landscape design, each influencing the other to arrive at an integrated solution. Working from the historic façade, the design preserves the traditional formal parlors transitioning to an open plan at the central stairwell which defines the distinction between eras. The new floor plates act as passive solar collectors and radiant tubing redistributes collected warmth to the original, North facing portions of the house. Careful consideration has been given to the envelope design in order to reduce the overall space conditioning needs, retrofitting the old and maximizing insulation in the new. Photographer Ken Gutmaker

Sustainable measures are seamlessly integrated into the design where in addition to radiant heated concrete floors and on-demand hot water heaters these self-adhesive thin-film photovoltaic solar strips were applied between the ridges of the standing seam metal roof providing "off the grid" electrical power. Photo Credit: John Sutton Photography

Soaking up the sun on an elevated deck with solar panels and photovoltaic cells. Photo: Leslie Schwartz Photography
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