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Edward Nold
Residential Designer, General Contractor,
Project Manager, and Systems Aficionado
Email: info@greenhomedesign
Website: www.greenhomedesign.com
BA Arch, U.C. Berkeley, 1972
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I want to work with people who are trying to put their
environmental principles into practice while developing their property
in a sustainable way, people who want their homes, yards and neighborhoods
to provide sources of clean energy, air, water and soil for generations
to come. I can help design, specify and manage a project to avoid the
worst and include the best materials and methods for acheiving the desired
outcome.
Specializing in passive solar design, I try to make every element of
a project do double or triple duty, extracting, storing or saving as
much energy or other resources as possible. I
take a whole systems view of the design process, where everything is
connected to everything else. Above all, I listen carefully, to ensure
that the project, when completed, will remain my clients, not my own.
I use an open process which helps to ensure that everyone involved understands
and agrees with the decisions that are made from site evaluation and
preliminary design, throughout the construction process, to the monitoring
and maintenance phases.
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Solar Residence
City: Berkeley
Year: 1994
Cost: $ 900,000 |
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Designed as a replacement
for a house which burned down in the "Oakland Firestorm", this 2100
SF 3 bedroom passive solar tempered home, presented a difficult
problem. The existing drive approach and the swimming pool and deck
had to remain in the same place while a new passive solar heated
house was fitted in between them. The resulting design has four
levels. The lowest includes the garage and the workshop and is roughly
at the level of the drive approach. The next level, a half flight
up and buried into the hillside includes the entry porch, greenhouse
entry vestibule, the entry hall solarium, a half bath, the master
suite, the growing greenhouse and the pool patio. The next level
is above the first level and contains the main living, dining, kitchen
and pantry. Another half flight up and above the Master Suite are
the other two bedrooms, a bathroom, the laundry and a small play
area connected to a deck and patio on the north west. The house
includes 2x6 walls with R-19 insulation. There is a whole house
ventilation system with a heat exchanger. All rooms have fluorescent
lighting and ceiling fans. In addition, the owner wanted the new
home to showcase a variety of alternative energy systems: active
solar system (top row of panels on the roof) for water heating,
space heating, and pool heating, solar electricity (Photovoltaic)
system (bottom row of panels), ground coupled and water to water
heat pumps. The swimming pool is used to store heat during the winter.
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Second Story Greenhouse
City: Piedmont
Year: 1980
Cost: $42,000 |
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This project resulted from the owners desire to replace a small
8x10 second story deck with a family room type space which could
be used on a year round basis. The design incorporates an aluminium
leanto greenhouse installed on a wood frame with windows openings
below. The greenhouse's operable ridge vent and shades create a
natural convection current which prevents the build-up of heat in
the summer. On the wall adjacent to the house, windows incorporated
into the face of the base cabinets allow sunlight to illuminate
the areas around the bedroom windows under the deck. These cabinet
light wells can be opened allowing the cool air in the shade under
the deck to be drawn into the space by the warmer air exiting at
the ridge, thereby helping keep the space comfortable in the summer.
The tile floor and stucco walls provide some thermal storage, which
allows the space to be used comfortably during the day and early
evening in the winter. There are doors and windows between the solarium
and the house proper, which allow the solarium to be isolated from
the house when it is too cold. There are operable vents in the wall
below the greenhouse ridge which allow warm air into the bedrooms
above in the winter. A solar heated hot tub and small changing room
was installed below the solarium. The solar heater also provides
hot water for domestic use. This project was featured on the cover
of Better Homes and Garden Magazine. |
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