Passive solar, urban live/work, relatively small space design

Architect Alan Cohen's dream house is efficient with space; he packs he packs 4,000 square feet of multi-use building- office (1050 sq ft), home (1730 sq ft), art studio for his wife and garage- onto a 3,750 square foot lot. It's also very energy efficient; Cohen uses passive solar for heating and cooling his home, complete with industrial fans, venting windows, well-designed holes in the floor (between floors) for air flow and first floor concrete floors for thermal storage.
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Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• downtown living
• live/work
• home office
• commute
• carbon footprint
• green building
• green architecture
• passive solar
• fans
• passive cooling
• green design
• small space
• healdsburg
• california
• sonoma county

[rodrick4500]

check out the myghty engine and some solar panel if you had a large underground to pull your air in the daytyme you could have auto convection circulation without using almost no energy day and night but with what you have done thus far you house is Fing fantastic more people should think the way you do SOS very impressive ideas you could have also created a hollow cavity between your exterior walls which can be filled with styro-foam pellets in the winter to contain your heat

[rodrick4500]

check out the myghty engine and some solar panel if you had a large underground to pull your air in the daytyme you could have auto convection circulation without using almost no energy day and night but with what you have done thus far you house is Fing fantastic more people should think the way you do SOS very impressive ideas

[karinsart]

Yay! there are so many lifestyle examples that are feasibly utilized your space! thankyou for sharing them!

[Nelalipe]

really nice house!

[utubeworms]

Wow! Great lifestyle.

[0urGaia]

Love how he didn't throw wealth into house for heating/cooling. Just a incredibly nice and practical home and office. Totally loved it.

[vention4wh]

Awesome setup. Like the awnings. Shade in the summer and roll them back for passive heating in the winter.