viridian design ® won a 2008 BUILT GREEN 5-Star grant award for the BLUFF HOUSE
The BLUFF HOUSE includes the following green features:
1) High density small footprint design with a single family house of 1800 square feet, three bedrooms, two baths. An attached accessory dwelling unit of 600 square feet that has two bedrooms and one bath. The end result is a modern open-plan house which has five bedrooms and three baths in only 2400 square feet.
2) The butterfly roof funnels rainwater to a central location where rainwater is stored in 3300 gallons of above ground and below ground cisterns.
3) The BLUFF HOUSE is super insulated and incorporates structural insulated panels (S.I.P.'s) in its roof and wall design.
4) The house incorporates a BRAC 250 grey-water system to help reduce water consumption.
5) Impermeable surfaces were limited to the house footprint. The rest of the site paving was achieved with permeable paving, gravel and natural vegetation.
6) Pre-wired and plumbed for future solar electric and thermal panels.
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