Case
Study: Casas de Don Juan
Key design elements:
Location: Santa Fe, New
Mexico
Developer: Santa Fe
Community Housing Trust
Cost: $80 per square
foot
Size: Two detached
three-bedroom homes of 1,384 square feet each
Features:
These homes were built as part of an
affordable housing program, as infill housing in an old neighborhood. Their design has a regional character. Mature trees on site were protected during
construction, and the homes were oriented on site to provide natural light and good
ventilation. On-site water catchment was
included, with a capture pond and regionally appropriate landscaping.
Energy efficiency was emphasized in this
project with a high-efficiency hot water heater and boiler, radiant heat, double-glazed
windows and air sealing. Cellulose insulation
and foam sheathing also were used.
Locally-available materials were used,
with an emphasis on low-VOC finishes and products without CFCs or HCFCs. Fly ash is used in the concrete slab.
More Information:
Featured in Journal of Light
Construction, February 2001, p. 64. (To find coverage of this
project, search for the word "Casas" and go to the second page of
the article "Green Building for a Profit.")
Pattern reference: 5, 6, 14, 15, 16, 18
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