This pile of glacial till was excavated from the home site of the Green Home built by North Woods Joinery. This unlikely pile of earth faces due south and is the future site of an 18 Kilowatt solar array -to be interconnected to the electric grid. One goal is to make this 4500 ft2 home as energy independent as possible, lower our 'carbon footprint' and provide all our potential clients examples of how green building is both cost efficient, and easy!
Concrete workers from S.D. Ireland Concrete prepare forms for the 8" poured foundation walls. S.D Ireland is a Chittenden County, Vermont firm that has worked with us on a number of commercial and residential projects. This North Woods joinery home was carefully oriented to take advantage of the passive solar gains at this site. The worker in front is adjusting the north facing wall of the two car garage. This wall is a retaining wall that will be backfilled to restore much of the original site topography.
The Foundation Walls are Poured and the Forms are Gone
This photo shows the foundation footers and walls right after the forms were removed. An important part of building green homes and energy efficiency in general, is the use of maximum, cost effective insulation around all part of the building envelope. No insulation has been installed yet - watch this blog entry to learn what was used under the basement floor and garage floors (yet to be poured) and the outside of the foundation walls. The view here is almost due east, but the
Building Green, the North Woods Joinery Model Home
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North Woods Joinery model home!
