Everything you need, and nothing more! This minimalist cabin offers a large loft above that could be used as a second bedroom, as well as a private roof deck over the large two-car garage/shop. This Positive NRG Home™ was first designed to be a guest house, lived in by the owners while they built their dream home next door. The expansive south facing roof area will support up to 6KW of PV panels, as well as a solar hot water system. Since the peak heating load on this house is less than 3KW, this house will pay some of your other bills for you, such as providing power for your electric car! Our calculations show that the refrigerator and lighting will heat this cozy cabin for about eight months of the year, even in our cold, wet, Northwest climate!
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Everything you need, and nothing more! This minimalist cabin offers a large loft above that could be used as a second bedroom, as well as a private roof deck over the large two-car garage/shop. This Positive NRG Home™ was first designed to be a guest house, lived in by the owners while they built their […]
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What's Included in Our Zero-Energy Home Packages
We provide the most complete plan packages available on the market. We are interested in the ultimate success of your project, not just in selling a set of house plans.
We include foundation plans, foundation details, floor plans of all levels, framing details, floor framing plans, and elevation views from all sides. We also provide an electrical plan, though you will want to modify the lighting to your own tastes. Most importantly, we provide a complete mechanical plan, tailored to YOUR climate zone.
We used to ship either a “Basic Set” of plans, with just one copy of each page, or a “full Set”, which ideally would include enough plan pagers for all of your key suppliers and subcontractors. Now most people prefer to have you send them a PDF to bid from and work from, and they will carry it with them in their portable device. Even banks and building departments are now preferring electronic plan copies.
There are now FedEx Office, Office Max, and similar locations all over the country where you can have full size plans printed at a far lower cost than what we can provide, especially when the cost and time required to ship them across the country is considered. When you need an extra copy of a certain page, you can simply e-mail the pdf page you need to the local outlet, and they will have it all printed and ready for pick-up by the time you arrive. Isn’t technology wonderful!