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Camden

Square Feet: 3500

Year Built: 1994

Fuel Type: Wood

Fuel Amount: 7 full cords

Window Brand: Andersen

Insulation Type: Glass wool

Building Features:

• Photovoltaics
• Passive solar

Other Building Information: Solar electric power supply featuring two solar trackers and battery bank, energy-efficient lighting and refrigerator, super-insulated, high-tech double paned windows, wood heat, back-up power generator.

General Information: Our house is in many ways very conventional but for the fact that we are careful with our power usage. We are located in the woods 2.5 miles down a seasonal road.

Hermon

Designer: Bryan Lee

Construction Cost: $200,000

Square Feet: 1984

Builder: Bryan Lee

Building Style: Contemporary

Year Built: 1997/98

Fuel Type: Wood

Fuel Amount: 8 face cords/year

Window Brand: Accurate Dorwin

Insulation Quantity: Dense-pack cellulose, 10 in walls, 20 in ceiling

Building Features:

• Passive solar
• Daylighting
• Sunspace
• Masonry stove
• Radiant floor heating
• Instantaneous hot water

Other Building Information: Natural stone walls, three feet thick with re-used stress skin panels.

General Information: This is a highly efficient super-insulated (dense-pack cellulose, walls R-38, ceiling R-60) home on an insulated slab with many large south-facing windows to maximize solar gain. The home is built using wood harvested within an approximate 45 mile radius. Heating is with a masonry stove designed by Norbert Senf, Shawville, Quebec. Most materials are natural and several floors and countertops are from recycled slate. The home has a large central room open to the second floor ceiling and an indoor garden with a 2 1/2 story cathedral ceiling. It is located in a wooded rural area. Locally harvested wood, recycled slate flooring and countertops, landscape integrated.

Hermon

Designer: Bryan Lee

Construction Cost: 200,000

Square Feet: 2000

Builder: Bryan Lee

Building Style: unique

Year Built: 2001

Fuel Type: Wood

Fuel Amount: 6 face cords

Electricity Amount: 6200 kwh - before solar panels

Window Brand: Triple-thick

Building Features:

• Daylighting
• Sunspace
• Photovoltaics
• Passive solar
• Instantaneous hot water
• Earth sheltered
• Alternative fuel/electric vehicle
• Straw bale

Other Building Information: Heavy insulation.

Hermon

Building Features:

• Photovoltaics

General Information: The house is being built now. We are putting the roof on. The solar photovoltaic system is in place and is powering the tools for building. The builder and owner will be working on it the day of the tour. There is a deep well solar water pump also installed.