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Project Type: Home Renovation and Expansion Single Family Residence

Project Specs: Transformed 920-Square-Foot House into a 2,200-Square-Foot Home Three-Bedrooms, Two and a Half Baths

Timeline: Project Started: Spring 2006 Project Ended: Fall 2006

  • Goal: to significantly expand the square footage of an existing home while keeping the integrity of the existing landscape work.
  • Green building techniques used throughout the planning and construction process.
  • Highlights include 20-foot vaulted ceilings, a great room, and a master bedroom with double closets, as well as a full bath with a roman Jacuzzi tub and stand-alone shower.
  • Exterior of home designed to blend perfectly with the surrounding quaint neighborhood.

Foundation

  • Fly-ash in concrete to reduce cement usage and recycle coal by-products

Indoor Flooring

  • Decorative concrete flooring and refurbished wood floors throughout home
  • Keeps temperature constant throughout home
  • Improves thermal mass & cooling properties, which reduces need for a/c and heating

Building Envelope and Interior Walls

  • Double-filled insulation in interior and exterior walls for improved sound transmission and insulation values
  • Radiant plywood roof sheathing keeps heat from attic
  • Energy Star double paned Pella windows

Water

  • Low-flow toilets and water-efficient fixtures aid in reduction of water
  • Energy Star appliances
  • Tankless water heater

Lighting

  • Compact Fluorescent Lights (CFL) and low-wattage bulbs throughout home
  • Dimmer controls provide variable indoor lighting for incandescent and fluorescent lamps

Landscaping/Vegetation

  • Planted 19 trees which emit oxygen into the atmosphere and aid in natural shading & cooling of home
  • Water is recycled in outdoor water feature that is also home to pet turtles Sugar & Pasha