An Off-Grid Retreat | American Solar Energy Society

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An Off-Grid Retreat | American Solar Energy Society

When the clients approached us a few years back to design a weekend getaway/future retirement home, they had two priorities: being more than a mile and a half (2.4 kilometers) from the utility grid, the energy requirements of the house had to be generated on site; and they wanted a home first and foremost, not a renewable energy machine. Not only was the couple familiar with renewable energy, but they were even willing to try an innovative solar thermal sand bed for radiant heating — a concept I shared with them from the pages of SOLAR TODAY . We managed to incorporate all of these features into a beautiful, near-net-zero-energy home, while maintaining the place of technology at the service of the client. Architecture should always place the individual, as observer and participant, at the center of the discussion, and we achieved that, using solar energy as the means.

Full article: http://ases.org/2012/07/an-off-grid-retreat/

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