The Owner and Users should achieve their needs and desires within their budget, and should achieve optimal return on investment through energy savings and natural design. The local and world ecology should not be degraded but supported, and our grandchildren should have not less but more though our stewardship. If we succeed at those values, we have helped achieve the dream for all.
Whether you need help with an institutional, commercial or residential design, we are here for you; no project is too large or too small. Whether you are an Owner or an Architect wanting to make your home or building project as energy-efficient as possible, we are here to help. Building exteriors and interiors can be visualized and cost and performance data analyzed to ensure the design meets all project needs and requirements.
Passive-solar design is essentially design-with-nature. Because the sun rides lower in the sky during the winter if you are facing South (i.e. in the Northern hemisphere), winter solar gain (sun-heat) comes directly into the home through South-facing windows.
Whether you need help with an institutional, commercial or residential design, we are here for you; no project is too large or too small. Whether you are an Owner or an Architect wanting to make your home or building project as energy-efficient as possible, we are here to help. Building exteriors and interiors can be visualized and cost and performance data analyzed to ensure the design meets all project needs and requirements.
Passive-solar design is essentially design-with-nature. Because the sun rides lower in the sky during the winter if you are facing South (i.e. in the Northern hemisphere), winter solar gain (sun-heat) comes directly into the home through South-facing windows.
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We are an architecture firm and more: designing for our clients (architecture); and designing 'with nature' for a symbiotic relationship with our environment (ecological architecture).
We capitalize on 'eco' architecture to reduce or even reverse cost while enhancing quality of life for our grandchildren (sustainable design) - so they can pass on sustainable living and design to their grandchildren (sustainable architecture).
We design with nature to achieve more for each client at reduced cost through energy savings.
We capitalize on 'eco' architecture to reduce or even reverse cost while enhancing quality of life for our grandchildren (sustainable design) - so they can pass on sustainable living and design to their grandchildren (sustainable architecture).
We design with nature to achieve more for each client at reduced cost through energy savings.
The Giese Residence is a passive-solar home in Quitman MS.
Passive solar design allows strategic large areas of glass without negatively impacting energy-efficiency.
The two-story volume is designed to receive solar gain in the wintertime and prohibit it during the summer using sheltering overhangs.
Inexpensive windows and interior finishes allow the winter solar gain to warm the interior gradually through the nighttime hours and reduce utility costs throughout the year, bathing the interior in natural light and allowing uninterrupted views of nature.
Passive solar design allows strategic large areas of glass without negatively impacting energy-efficiency.
The two-story volume is designed to receive solar gain in the wintertime and prohibit it during the summer using sheltering overhangs.
Inexpensive windows and interior finishes allow the winter solar gain to warm the interior gradually through the nighttime hours and reduce utility costs throughout the year, bathing the interior in natural light and allowing uninterrupted views of nature.
By charting EEMs one at a time, it is easy to see which measures have the most impact on cost and energy efficiency and select the best combination.
Building Life-Cycle Cost "BLCC" estimating compares various up-front cost options based on various EEMs to determine the best value and optimal payback period for the whole project.
We provide consulting to design professionals or can help you directly with your project.
Building Life-Cycle Assessment "LCA" compares the ecological impact of various building construction systems, including greenhouse gas emissions, pollution and eutrophication.
Building Life-Cycle Cost "BLCC" estimating compares various up-front cost options based on various EEMs to determine the best value and optimal payback period for the whole project.
We provide consulting to design professionals or can help you directly with your project.
Building Life-Cycle Assessment "LCA" compares the ecological impact of various building construction systems, including greenhouse gas emissions, pollution and eutrophication.
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