Page 41 - Green Builder MagazineJan-Feb 2019 HOTY Issue
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BY ALAN NADITZ AND GREEN BUILDER STAFF
WNERS OF THE STRICKLAND RESIDENCE most, making it about the same size as this one.”
in Oak Harbor, Wash., may one day build Number one on the “must-have” list was zero
their oversized dream home. Or maybe energy performance. For Clifton, that meant
not: At the moment, the 784-square-foot, including structured insulated panels (SIPs)—
two-bedroom “guest quarters” more than Premier Building Systems Neopor 6-1/2-inches
O meets their needs. thick in the walls, 10-1/4 inches in the roof—for
“The owners are enjoying the smaller home and the maximum performance. In general, the home was
relaxed lifestyle that comes with it,” says Ted Clifton, designed with SIPs in mind: The heights of walls,
the project’s builder and designer, and president of pitch of the roof, and spans of roof SIPs were all
Clifton View Homes in Coupeville, Wash. “They’re optimized for passive solar gains and active PV
considering not ever building the ‘main house,’ or at system exposure, Clifton notes.
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