120 West Park St.

Designed and Built as an all-electric, high performance home with a goal of Net Zero energy usage. My wife Linda and I were the sole owners of this project.

This was my first attempt at designing a house. It turned out to be a great experience and gave me the opportunity to combine my expertise in building hillside homes and home performance work to create a house that worked well with the piece of property and met my high performance and sustainability goals.

As the owner of the project, I was responsible for the following:

• Architectural design work
• Oversaw engineering
• Procured the building permits and other entitlements.
• Set up financing
• Project manager and on-site supervision.
• Oversaw the entire project until it is put on them market and sold.

Features of 120 West Park Street

• All- electric construction with solar
• Minimized concrete usage by designing a home without retaining walls
• Minimal framing with a conventional design to increase insulation
• R21 BIBS wall insulation
• R38 floor and R50 ceiling insulation
• Sealed crawlspace with insulated walls
• Ducted and ductless mini splits used to maximize comfort and efficiency
• Engineered, tight duct work installed in sealed crawlspace for reduced energy loss
• HRV whole house ventilation system for improved indoor air quality
• Low or no VOC paints and finishes
• Efficient plumbing design that took advantage of proximity of plumbing fixtures to the water heater to reduce
• water loss and excess water heater run times
• Air sealing throughout house with a .95 ACH 50