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Features & Specifications:
- 1103 heated square feet
- 3 bedrooms, 1 1/2 baths
- Costs no more to build than conventional construction
- Designed to Habitat specifications; plans donated free to any
Habitat organization
- Handicapped accessible
- Passive solar: warm & sunny in winter, cool & shady in summer
- Low utility bills and low house maintenance
- Autoclaved, aerated concrete (AAC) exterior wall system: fireproof,
rot-proof, moldproof, bug proof , sound absorbent, no-maintenance,
and engineered to withstand 140 mph winds
- Interior finished in mineral plaster; exterior finished in no-maintenance
real stucco with decorative lintels over windows and doors
- No-maintenance tinted poured-and-scored concrete floors
- In-floor radiant hydronic heating system; on-demand hot water
heater and hookup for solar hot water heating
- Borate-treated cellulose ceiling insulation ;
borate-treated cellulose interior sound insulation
- Engineered truss roof system for economy, minimal wood use and
large attic storage room
- Boracare insect control treatment under-slab; boric acid applied
in interior walls
- 26 gauge Galvalume steel "100 year" roof
- Garden orientation for perfect site drainage and beautiful views
from main living space
- Low-e glass in north, east and west windows
- 9'4" ceilings throughout
- Master bedroom wih private bath and french doors to garden
- Big front porch with tinted slab floor and no-maintenance stucco-covered
masonry columns and beams; glass covered arbor on south
- Working kitchen open to dining room/family room; sliding glass
doors to garden
- Parlor with built-in bookcase and optional woodstove; windows
designed for stained glass
- Energy Star appliances
- No-VOC paint
- Hypoallergenic surfaces throughout
- Materials and design strategy for low environmental impact and
ease in building
- State and federal tax credits for active and passive solar systems
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