Ladies Bathroom

New Solar Hot Water product from Golden

Denver Garden and Home Show

It seemed to me that there were a lot less real exhibitors and a lot more fringe players.

But I had a look at SIPS -
$9 a sq ft for roof, $7 for the walls

Serious Windows www.seriousmaterials.com

Water Softeners - Chuck the Water Man

Solar www.suntracsolar.com Probably more suited for the Hotel

And how to put up SIPS http://www.sipframe.com/pdfs/tech-info.pdf

Floor Plan

The water and drainage runs along the back
Main bedroom would be enlarged a bit by shifting wall left, need more space for a bigger bath
Two small bedrooms would be combined with a folding divided wall so that they could be separated. That room would then be mutipurpose.
Back left would be enlarged to provide conditioned storage space behind bathroom and location for water tanks/heating season
Utility room fine
Kitchen looks a bit squashed, too many units.
Open stairs to door, coat racks below
Baths look 5ft, not big enough
Maybe a bit of snow melt for outside.

Side view

I think this pretty self explanatory. I do not see the point of the gutter on the roof. And I am not sure what would be best for the roof finish. Roof would need to be strong enough to take a couple of feet of snow.

Stove

20,000 btu's but more than enough to provide supplementary heat. Like any other stove it will need a dedicated air supply.

Construction

I have issues with timber framed construction. I looked at the following:

ICF's - Has a lot going for them, downside is embedded energy cost of concrete, but this house is intended to last at least as long as the hotel.

SIP's - Looks bit flimsy - we will need to build a boiler room for the hotel, might well try them out here.

AAC - I know it better as the UK trade name Celcon. Not sure why they are not commonly used in the US, no manufacturer I know of in CO.

Floor - most likely concrete for thermal mass. I would prefer accessability for future. But it is a trade off.

Roof Structure- Sips, wood trusses, or steel. My inclination is steel structure with a metal roof, highly insulated.

Heating - Much easier as the demand would be so low. Radiant floor mainly sourced from Solar Panels with a small back up, probably Propane.That really depends on cooking, if we did not want propane for cooking then electric.

Water - we have a well that can be re-used, the design captures water for grey usages.

Ventilation - whole house ventilation and energy recovery.

Insulation - insulated slab, walls R40, roof R70. Biggest issue would be windows, double glazed or triple glazed.

Electricity - we can minimise our demand to make this a Net 0 building. cooking looks like the biggest surge load.But we have the hotel.

Size - I am assuming something like 1250 sq ft, with I master bedroom and en suite, open living area, second bathroom, storage room, entry vestibule, open staircase and one large room that could be multipurpose. Big bedroom, 2 small bedrooms with a divider, work space etc etc.

Cost - do not know, yet. $100 a sq ft?