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Ojai Green House Project
Ojai Green Home Building
This home, nestled above the City of Ojai, fits into it's environment ! Without pretensions of historic designs, this house works with the climate rather than against it. Passive cooling is achieved using a large, sheltering, shed roof and high windows which draw hot air out of the home. The steel roof panels reflect much of the hot Ojai sun. Solar electric panels will provide energy for the house and solar hot water panels will help heat the radiant concrete floors.
Framing Main house roof framing
Steel post and beams connected for porch roof
Interior beam work
John sets the wide flange steel
Detailing the wall framing on the slab. The integral color of the concrete floors are the finish flooring as well as the structural flooring. Radiant piping in the slabs will both heat and cool the house. This green building technique reduces the waste of having a second layer of material such as hardwood flooring or carpet. As well as providing a very comfortable source of heat that doesn't stir up dust as forced air systems do.
Guest House Solar electric and hot water panels will be placed on this south facing shed roof. The building has a three car garage below and a 640 square foot (city limit) apartment on the second floor As in the main house - the design has radiant floor heat and passive cooling with the shading shed roof and low and high windows to promote ventilation.
Out look beams for cantilever roof
Concrete Finished slab
Cutting joints
Waiting for the right set
Fresh mud
Boom pump and finishers helping to place the concrete
El Suavecitos
Thinking man
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