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(above) Computer rendering of Residence This modern house, scheduled to
break ground in June 2008, is a "green" residence design per 2007 Build It
Green and LEED New Home Construction Guidelines. Three terraced wings
are built into the hillside and branch off of the spine under a standing
seam metal sloped roof. Each wing has a "Green" roof
with access onto this roof from the wing at that level. All major rooms and
all bedrooms open out onto each terrace. Each terraced wing is built
into the hillside and has terrific views of San Francisco Bay.
The spine itself contains stairs and is designed to act as a passive
sun-room during the winter months. During the summer months, the trellis
acts as a solar shade along with deciduous vines.
The sloped roof drains rain-water into a cistern under the garage;
Photovoltaic panels, set in three groups of seven panels, set upon the
standing-seam metal roof. the "green" roof has 18 inches of earth over
3
inches of Geo-Foam to sustain grasses and small shrubs.
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