Rocky View County Acreage 1
This home was designed to be a “net zero” home. The whole home operates off electricity and incorporates a full roof mounted solar system with battery backup.
- Over 2300 square feet on the main
- Finished basement
- Mountain views
- The main area of the home was designed with “balloon framing” methods, the exterior walls are R55 (achieved by way a complex wall system with 2X4 framing, plywood sheathing, special seam tape for the vapour barrier and “I-joists” attached vertically with blown in cellulose insulation)
- R95 attic insulation
- Foundation is ICF (Insulated Concrete Forms) with addition 5” of foam insulation wrapped around it and 4” of insulation wrapped around the footing/pads
- Underground backup water cistern
- Essential loads electrical panel for solar battery backup
- European style tilt and turn windows
- European 1/2 round gutters and matching down spouts
- Wood burning stove in the Sun Room
- 2 “pocket offices” with built in desks
- Much too many unique details to list, definitely a one of a kind home
