Solar Homes LLC 

 

Presents Attainable Sustainable Homes (Trademark)

P.O. Box 202
Oregon, IL 61061
ph: 630.728.1107

Feature Summary

  • Uses 80% less energy to heat and cool than a well built American home 

 

  • The  maintenance costs for the home will be 80% less than for a typically-built American home, emphasizing permanence as an important conservation principle

 

  • State-of-the-art demonstration of optimizing the theory of a passive solar design/thermal envelope

 

  • All building techniques are commercially available in North America and represent “common practice”

 

  • The indoor temperature will never drop below 50 degrees in the winter if left without heat

 

  • All features are optimized for affordability

 

  • Air-tight construction creates even temperature throughout – eliminates cold spots, significantly reduces outside noise

 

  • Uses the earth to temper incoming fresh air in both the winter and summer

 

  • Filtered fresh air is supplied continuously throughout the home

 

  • Passive solar gain provides a significant portion of the home’s heat

 

  • A Patent-Pending Solar Roof design has been evaluated in the home and will be used to heat the next generation of Solar Homes LLC designs

 

  • A Patent Pending Modular SIP design reduces the cost of building homes with similar performance to within 10% of the cost of a typical custom built home

 

  • A new generation of “Solar Homes” will have open floor plans, can be built on almost any site, and will be attainable by any middle income family

 

  • 1.8 KW Skystream Windmill installed November 2007

 

 

 

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P.O. Box 202
Oregon, IL 61061
ph: 630.728.1107