Super-insulated, with "Energrid" blocks 12" thick, use of recovered or salvage slate, recycled copper- clad windows, salvage timbers and beams throughout, low maintenance "Arcusstone" stucco, recycled maple flooring, "Homasote" recycled paper board for sound, recycled bleacher wood for front doors, recycled glass used for insulation, and alternative waste water system. Constructed wetlands for nutrient uptake from sewage. Off-grid power generation from "solar slate" roof of barn, and wind power to d.c. battery storage, then inverted to a.c.

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Medicine Tree Clinic - New Resource Efficient Construction

Medicine Tree Clinic, St.Ignatius, Montana. 13,000 ft2. Ground source heat pumps for cooling and heating. Local block manufacturer. Water collection from roof and parking areas, to develop and maintain a constructed wetland on site. Xeriscape landscaping to use native grass and flowers to revegetate this site. Fly-ash concrete elements, and metal roof with 70% recycled newspapers for all ceiling tiles, and nontoxic paints inside. Durable no-maintenance exterior.

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Complete remodeling, conserving the "embodied energy" in the existing materials. Salvage of 85% of the material for re-milling as furniture. Located in old downtown Missoula. We won a state historical preservation award for our efforts.

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New Construction

New construction with historic compatibility to an existing established neighborhood. "Prarie-style" architecture with super- insulation and "advanced framing" strategies to reduce wood consumption.

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Complete Remodel

Complete remodel of existing house. Superinsulation, new fiber-cement siding. Reuse of existing structure and all new Pella "low-e" windows.

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Remodeling

Use of salvaged timbers from an old saw mill to create trusses for remodeled home. Reuse of maple for finished floor.

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Affordable 1,080 ft2 Infill House with Advanced Framing Technology

To minimize redundant use of wood this house was built with advanced framing technology. Other features of this home include super insulation, heat recovery ventilation system, fiber-cement siding and treated wood foundation to reduce costs and energy use.

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New Construction

A modest affordable Montana ranch home. Passive solar, super insulated with resource efficient framing technology and reuse of 80 year barn siding that was salvaged from another barn that we dismantled. Thermal mass slab, and direct-vent gas boiler for health ( no forced air) and safety ( no combustion byproducts).

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Remodel Project

Addition on left was a garage, we broke up driveway and used chunks to create landscape re-taining wall in the front yard. Other additions were super-insulat ed. and job site construction waste was kept to a minimum.

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