![]() ![]() ![]() Corrugated stainless steel tubing is bent around hand-built frames to make three heat exchangers in each tank. The home’s two 5,000-gallon tanks - required by the local fire department due to the home’s location far from a hydrant - are surrounded by 12 inches of rigid foam insulation (R48) and buried underground to store heat energy. ![]() The home incorporates eight inches of rigged foam insulation under the basement floor, radiant heating, photovoltaic solar panels, quadruple-glazed windows, heat recovery drains with no moving parts, LED lights, and more. Due to the construction methods, the project did not require even one dumpster for waste. This net-zero home has walls that deliver R45 and roof at R60. Owners, Kevin and Svetlana O'Meara, set a goal to blend architecture with the surrounding terrain, and utilize the power, energy and movement of the sun. A 6.4 kW grid-tied photovoltaic system on the barn produces power to spare for all the home's electricity needs. The passive design employs a 16-inch concrete wall with an innovative custom phase-change wax to increase the wall’s thermal mass. Project Sungazing House Puts Sun to Work (Utah)īuilt with foot-thick structural insulated panels, the Sungazing House in Park City, Utah, effectively mitigates extreme temperature swings using passive solar design as well.
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