A contemporary post & beam, with many sustainable features, in a rural setting. Featured in Projects Green Toronto, sponsored by the Toronto Society of Architects.

Sustainable Features

• Passive-solar design, with a south-facing, thermally-glazed, top- vented gallery, shaded to reduce summertime solar heat gain
• Roof-mounted solar electric (photo-voltaic) and solar water heating systems
• Electricity-producing wind turbine
• Ultra high-efficiency wood stove
• Structural frame constructed of engineered parallel-strand timbers with long-span roof trusses
• Solar-reflective, long-life, recyclable Galvalume roofing panels
• Exterior walls constructed of affordable and environmentally- responsible straw bales
• Natural ventilation and day lighting