Project Description
This new home took the place of a tear-down on a prime lower Fairfield County building site. The intriguing design features a single front gable, accented prominently by a cantilevered and curved 2nd floor overhang that also shelters the front door. Gracious interior rooms feature built-in’s and wainscoting and have been designed to include generous window areas for natural daylighting.
Project Architect: Trillium Architects
Special Features:
- Open concept layout on main floor
- Gourmet kitchen with large island and stool seating
- Large walk-in pantry with built-in shelving
- Formal dining room
- Built-in bar area adjoining dining room
- En suite master bedroom
- Screened sleeping porch on 2nd floor
- Screened porch and Ipe deck
Green Building Approaches:
- Large gable roof faces solar south to capture winter heat and is ready for PV panels
- Pre-cast concrete stud-wall foundation uses much less concrete and embodies energy
- 2” of extruded polystyrene under the slab
- Open-web engineered floor trusses
- 2×6 wall framing with 24” spacing, insulated with 0.8lb SPF, plus 1” structural insulated sheathing to reduce thermal bridging
- 2×12 rafter framing with 24” spacing, plus 2×3 cross-strapping to reduce thermal bridging
- Rafters insulated with 2” of 2lb spray foam and 11” of 0.8lb spray foam
- Sheathing tapes used to achieve exceptional air-tightness of 0.9ACH50
- American triple-glazed windows with U-values of 0.27
- FSC certified white oak flooring
- Fiber cement siding shingles
- Composite exterior trim
- Ground-source heat pump is highest efficiency mechanical option
- Condensing, natural gas, tankless water heater
- Energy recovery ventilation
- Low-flow plumbing fixtures
- Rainwater harvesting
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