Build It Green's Santa Clara County Home Tour 2006, Home #3

This page provides supplemental information on house #3 for the 2006 Build It Green Santa Clara County home tour on 2006.10.01. Here is a copy of the presentation that we used that day.

If you visited us, thank you for considering green building. I have tried to remember most of the information requests and created links to them in links, references, etc. below.

Table of Contents

Key features of the house

Articles About our Home

Architect, Contractor

Architect Dan Smith & Associates
1107 Virginia Street
Berkeley, CA 94702
Tel: (510)526-1935
Fax: (510)526-1961
[Dan Smith]
General Contractor Vickerman Construction
Tel: (650)722-0485
Deconstruction Whole House Building & Salvage
1955 Pulgas Road
East Palo Alto, CA 94303
Tel: (650)328-8731
Photovoltaics,
Radiant heating
Sun Light and Power
1035 Folger Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94710
Tel: (510)845-2997
Fax: (510)845-1133
Living Roofs Randy Reeser
Master Craft Waterproofing & Sealants
2168 Grape Leaf Lane
Livermore, CA 94550
Tel: (408)640-5829
Fax: (925)960-0008
[Randy Reeser and Ron]

Construction, etc. Photos

2002.04.02 One of our Battery Electric Vehicles
[Silver Lining on Waidy's birthday]
2004.04.16 Deconstruction of old house
[Deconstruction of old house]
2004.04.24 Slab foundation of old house
[Slab foundation of old house]
2004.07.08 Basement slab rebar with radiant heat tubes being laid
[Basement slab rebar with radiant heat tubes being laid]
2004.08.17 Rebar in basement walls
[Rebar in basement walls]
2004.09.19 Basement and crawl space before backfill
[Basement and crawl space before backfill]
2004.11.12 Framing progress with recycled lumber roof joists in foreground
[Framing progress with reused lumber roof joists in foreground]
2004.11.30 Reused lumber roof joists being framed
[Reused lumber roof joists being framed]
2005.01.12 Family room living roof framing
[Family room living roof framing]
2005.01.27 Framing of Master bedroom straw bale walls
[Framing of Master bedroom straw bale walls]
2005.02.16 Electrical and structured wiring in Living room South wall prior to straw bales
[Electrical and structured wiring in Living room South wall prior to straw bales]
2005.02.16 Adding gravel to Master bedroom North bale wall
[Adding gravel to Master bedroom North bale wall]
2005.02.23 Part of the straw bale delivery
[Part of the straw bale delivery]
2005.02.23 Family room SE corner before bales
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2005.02.24 Installing a first row of bales
[Installing a first row of bales]
2005.03.03 Installing the Barn PV
[Installing the Barn PV]
2005.03.07 Exterior straw bale wall before wire mesh
[Exterior straw bale wall before wire mesh]
2005.03.08 Straw bales in Study corner before wire mesh
[Straw bales in Study corner before wire mesh]
2005.03.23 Master bedroom straw bale wall before plaster
[Master bedroom straw bale wall before plaster]
2005.04.01 Lath and paper over non-bale wall before plaster
[Lath and paper over non-bale wall before plaster]
2005.04.06 Exterior bale wall prior to plaster
[Exterior bale wall prior to plaster]
2005.04.14 Cotton Batt insulation in Basement bonus room ceiling
[Cotton Batt insulation in Basement bonus room ceiling]
2005.04.17 Cellulose insulation in family room ceiling
[Cellulose insulation in family room ceiling]
2005.05.15 Radiant heat tubes on first floor before slab poured
[Radiant heat tubes on first floor before slab poured]
2005.05.20 First floor slab poured
[First floor slab poured]
2005.07.30 Base and scratch coats of plaster
[Base and scratch coats of plaster]
2005.08.11 Bonding a Uni-Solar laminate to a roof panel
[Bonding a Uni-Solar laminate to a roof panel]
2005.08.12 First few standing seam metal roof panels in place
[First few standing seam metal roof panels in place]
2005.08.24 South roof and PV more than half set
[South roof and PV more than half set]
2005.09.02 Radiant tubes in warm board on second floor
[Radiant tubes in warm board on second floor]
2005.10.13 First floor limestone tiling started
[First floor limestone tiling started]
2005.11.11 Crawl space air-source heat pump for radiant floor heating
[Crawl air-source space heat pump for radiant heating]
2005.11.18 Hardwood flooring being installed on second floor
[Hardwood flooring being installed on second floor]
2006.02.02 With interior plaster and trim it starts to look OK
[With interior plaster and trim it starts to look OK]
2006.07.22 Beginning to look like a house
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2006.08.09 PV installed on flat portion of roof
[PV installed on flat portion of roof]
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Last modified: Tue Mar 3 09:11:34 PST 2009