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Equinox - Mass Timber Prefab

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Location
Boone, North Carolina
Year
2008
Structure
House (Single Residence)
Style
Farmhouse
Equinox has a full length sunspace. The mass timber wall in the sunspace stores solar-generated heat, for nighttime release. Floor grates allow air flow to the attic, down the double mass timber north wall, and into the basement for return to the air loop. Foolproof natural heating, with nothing mechanical to break down, ever. No fuel -no expense, no pollution.
Equinox has a full length sunspace. The mass timber wall in the sunspace stores solar-generated heat, for nighttime release. Floor grates allow air flow to the attic, down the double mass timber north wall, and into the basement for return to the air loop. Foolproof natural heating, with nothing mechanical to break down, ever. No fuel -no expense, no pollution.
Kitchen - Equinox. The overhead mass timber pockets heat, and hats the upstairs floor.
Kitchen - Equinox. The overhead mass timber pockets heat, and hats the upstairs floor.
Enertia® Homes have two windows on the north, at the double mass timber wall cavity. Owners can adjust by opening one or both, to outside conditions.
Enertia® Homes have two windows on the north, at the double mass timber wall cavity. Owners can adjust by opening one or both, to outside conditions.
Main Floor Bedroom, opening to the sunspace Warm Wood and Windows.
Main Floor Bedroom, opening to the sunspace Warm Wood and Windows.
East Bedroom, Photo 2.
East Bedroom, Photo 2.
Equinox - Bath
Equinox - Bath
Unfinished Basement, Equinox
Unfinished Basement, Equinox

Details

Square Feet
1910
Bedrooms
3
Full Baths
2
Partial Baths
1

Credits

From Enertia Building Systems Inc.

Equinox is our most straight-forward convection air loop mass timber home. A 32' x 40' rectangle on a full walk-out basement, appropriate for this mountainside lot. Enertia® provides a mass timber south facade to match the kit above - which results in a full two-story appearance from the South, and more glass for solar gain. Self-heating, and self-cooling are by design. Once you go this far, why not Solar PV electric, and solar thermal hot water.