3-part DVDs of the Bannister House are now available. Click here for details including a short video.
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Award-winning architect William Peck, (William Peck & Associates) and builder Chris Miles (GreenCraft Builders LLC) have teamed up to build this unique, affordable, and environmentally friendly home.
The Bannister High-Performance House is a demonstration project for the US Department of Energy's "Building America" program to encourage homeowners and builders to live and build in a more fiscally and environmentally sensible manner. The Building Science Consortium has included this home as one of their national projects for 2007. Additional certifications will include:
- USGBC LEED-H
- Dallas HBA Green Built North Texas
Groundbreaking: March 1, 2007
Completion: September 1, 2007
A circa 1900 folk vernacular style, the Bannister High-Performance House started construction in March 2007, on Ball Street in Grapevine, Texas, just 4 blocks west of historical downtown Main Street. The Bannister House will host several consumer and builder educational events and tours.
These features are among the technical strategies included that make this home perform so well:
- $80 per month average cost to heat and cool this three bedroom, 2385 square foot home.
- Proper solar orientation
- A ventilated radiant barrier roof system
- Careful air-infiltration control
- Spray foam insulation
- Advanced framing construction
- Air sealed attic
- 16 seer, variable speed, heat pump
- A light exterior color scheme
- Enhanced natural ventilation
- Solar water heating
Other features include universal design; low maintenance and low voc materials; and rainwater collection for whole house water and irrigation.
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