Zero Energy Ready (1) home number 3 is well under way.

This home, called The Mulberry House, is based upon the building we erected about 2 years ago (2). We made some changes. The house roof on this project is 8 inch SIP, about R-32 (3). The earlier building had a truss house roof. The house walls are 6 inch SIP, about R-24. The 3 stall garage also has 6 inch SIP walls and a truss roof to provide overhead storage space. We enlarged the kitchen and owner’s bathroom. Ceilings are raised a bit, and the front porch is deeper and higher. Heating and cooling will be Mitsubishi air-sourced heat pump with a central air-handler. Water heating will also be by heat pump. Just as we did before. Results have been great. The roof will be metal, and the south garage roof surface will support 24 PV solar panels.
Mulberry will be all electric, no fossil fuels used on this site. It is something we can do. In fact, it’s easy to do. When our governments fail to do what must be done to address our environmental crisis, we must do it ourselves, one small effort at a time. I can assure you that neighbors in the know will see the difference in operating costs, and that alone will result in more projects like this.
George
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