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Overview

Designed by Peter Pfeiffer of Barley & Pfeiffer Architects, Austin, TX.

A green building pioneer before the term existed and the recipient of the 2003 National Green Advocate of the Year Award. His personal home in Austin has been called "the greenest home in America."

Built by Jim Sargent, GMB, CMB, with AndersonSargent Custom Builder LP., Dallas, TX, the first builder in the nation to receive the Master Builder designation for building energy efficient homes from the Energy & Environmental Building Association (EEBA).

Supported by:

• Build America Program
• Building Science Consortium
• US Dept of Energy
• Environmental and Energy Building Association (EEBA)

On display

• September 4 -September 26 (3 wks) at the '04 Dallas Parade of Homes®
• September through October to the building trade
• Sept 29 through Oct. 2 to attendees of the 2004 national EEBA Conference and Expo to be held in Dallas.

Design Features

• 8 KW solar electric power
• High performance spectrally selective windows
• Heat avoidance with mass exterior walls, window shading, Dupont roofing
• Interior natural light
• Solar heating mass
• Solar PVs
• Solar hot water assist
• Diurnal cooling with natural flow cooling shaft or central fan ventilation
• Increased thermal mass
• Tight construction
• Solar water heating + tankless water heater
• Condensing, variable speed air handlers
• Two speed air conditioner, plus two zones
• Building integrated PV
• Night ventilation cooling
• Durisol exterior walls and deep eves
• Tight ducts with ducts inside conditioned area
• Energy Star appliances and lights

Benefits

• Zero Peak Load
• Zero Emissions
• Zero (net) Energy
• Zero Complaints from homeowners
• Improved Comfort
• Ideally suited for Time of Use (TOU) or smart meter
• Positive cash flow in mortgage

Research

• 69% of respondents do not feel that new home builders are paying enough attention to their environmental impact
• 56% of respondents believe that everyone should be personally responsible for saving energy
• 59% would spend money to save energy if they could recover costs in lower energy bills
• 41% think the California energy crisis should have been a wake up call for all to conserve
• Over 2/3 of home buyers feel they are only somewhat aware of environmentally friendly building techniques and features
• Source: America LIVES, Inc. and US Dep