Bloomington, Indiana
fall 2007-current
This new home is located on an urban lot close to downtown Bloomington and Indiana University. It is designed to be home for a couple returning to their Indiana roots after many years in the Chicago area. Because the owners are active in the Illinois Solar Energy Association and the environmental movement they decided that the home should match their sustainable lifestyle as closely as possible. Therefore, the architectural and engineeering goals combine resource and energy efficiency strategies into the design of a modern bungalow with a small floor plan and simple form. The lot is oriented North-South with an alley access to the West allowing the Southern street elevation to maximize solar gain and a detached rear garage for future photovoltaic (PV) panels. CTI is providing full architectural and engineering services for the project.
| Building Information | Predicted Energy Data | ||
| Conditioned floor area: | 1,714 ft2 | Heating Load: | 1.76 W/ft2 |
| Building Envelope Surface: | 5,945 ft2 | HERS Rating: | 42 |
| Surface to Floor Area Ratio: | 3.47 | Annual Electric Cost: | $535 |
| Building Volume: | 23,294 ft3 | Annual Gas Cost: | $289 |
| Projected Air Tightness: | 0.50 | Annual Total Utility Cost: | $824 |
| (ACH@50Pa) | Annual Carbon Emissions: | 9.2 tons CO2 | |
| 58% more efficient than IECC2004 | |||