Great Green Home in British Columbia - The Andrew Powter House
Today I got a huge boost - something to get me posting again! I was so excited to receive a nice e-mail from a reader of this blog, Andrew Powter, who has been kind enough to share with me images of his own house. It's being built in British Columbia, Canada, and Andrew is hoping to break ground later this month!
Take a look at how cool this place is:
But the house isn't just a flashy modern pad, it's loaded with environmentally conscious design features, such as:
- Reclaimed cedar siding
- Concrete floors with hydronic radiant heat
- Recessed compact fluorescent lighting
- Ecosmart fireplace
- Double glazed windows
- Construction with insulated concrete forms
- Low-flow toilets, faucets and showers
- On-demand hot water heating
- Good passive solar heat gain
Nice, huh! This is a very inspiring home. That's such a good list of green features, and all things that can be incorporated into any style home, anywhere. This home is a great model for the way we should be building all homes.
Andrew is the homeowner. He's working with Mark Simone of Dynamedia. Take a look at the portfolio on their site. Some nice stuff. Some real talent there.
Well, I just feel great. Andrew, thanks so much for sharing these pics and letting me post them up! I can't wait to see how your house progresses. It looks great and you've done a fantastic job including green elements in your home.
Image credits - Andrew Powter
4 comment(s):
Very interesting.
Is this going to be in an urban or rural setting? Do you know where in British Columbia they're building this?
What a nice place. So crisp and clean looking.
quite stunning
the house is located in coastal BC. the setting is in a new single family residential development and this particular lot backs onto crownland waterway. the glazing layout is meant to take advantage of the mountain views from the living room.
the open floor plan and continuous spaces will take advantage of the natural ocean breezes and help with passive cooling.
i'm encouraging andrew to use fibreglass windows as they have excellent thermal qualities and in combination with the ICF walls will create a very efficient thermal enclosure.
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