Solar Mountain Residence

The south-facing view of this property provided the perfect opportunity for passive solar design, using the sun as the primary heat source. MORE >>

The poured concrete floor stores the sun’s energy and releases the heat at night as the home begins to cool. Add a one-hundred-foot-long stone wall that serpentines through the house, separating the sun-soaked southern living spaces from the northern support spaces, and we have a home that looks, feels and performs wonderfully.

  • location… Fraser, Colorado
  • sustainability… Passive solar heating, high levels of thermal storage, structural insulated panels (SIP) exterior walls and roof, radiant floor heating, low-VOC finishes, ground polished concrete floors, bamboo flooring upstairs, parallel strand lumber
  • credits… contractor: Mountain Top Builders
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