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FEATURES 48

BETWEEN A RIVER AND A ROAD On a narrow site between the Gallatin River and the road to Big Sky, architect Tom Lenchek and his team create an energy-smart contemporary home fit for its spectacular setting. Architecture by Balance Associates, Architects

HIDDEN POTENTIAL Interior designer Jennifer Hoey Smith transforms a dilapidated outbuilding in Ketchum, Idaho, into a family home with a fresh, modern-barn aesthetic. Interior Design by Jennifer Hoey Interior Design

63 2011 RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT AWARDS Discover the spaces that took top honors across three categories this year, each defined by a commitment to smart, sustainable high-country design. 64 RESIDENTIAL The Edge House, Boulder, Colorado 70 TOURISM Old Faithful Visitor Education Center, Yellowstone 74 COMMUNITY Rancho Viejo, Santa Fe, New Mexico

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SHOPPING Design With Roots Trace Furniture’s husbandand-wife team creates one-of-a-kind pieces of handcrafted contemporary furniture—each with traceable origins.

GETAWAY A River Runs By It At Rivers Bend Lodge near Yellowstone National Park, owner Jeff Reed, aided by actress Josie Bissett, achieves a lifelong dream of sustainable luxury.

INSIDER’S GUIDE Eco-Travel Destinations Luxury hotels are adding sustainable design to their lists of amenities. Travel editor Linda Hayes leads a tour of the West’s best green getaways.

HOUSE OF THE MOMENT In Jackson Hole, Shooting Star’s hand-hewn-log cabins offer luxurious sustainable design and a unique opportunity to preserve the high-country surroundings.

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t’s funny how we often talk about “green” building like it’s something new; an idea we came up with thanks to technology and think-tanks. When you think about it, many of the basic principles of green design and construction go way back, to when people first started building things. Before there were French Country manors in the mountains of Colorado and Tuscan farmhouses in the deserts of Arizona, homes were designed first and foremost to solve problems. Low roof overhangs kept the summer sun from beating inside but allowed the winter sun to filter in. Adobe walls helped maintain steady interior temperatures in regions where the days are hot and the nights are chilly. And homes were built with logs not because they looked so charming, but because that’s the material that was most readily available. The homes featured in this issue showcase many of these original “green” principles. Architect Tom Lenchek chose a contemporary steel structure for the Montana home of Mike and Andrea Scholz (on page 48) not just for its striking looks but because that’s what the site—situated on an earthquake fault line—required. The home’s angled shape was dictated not by fashion but by the movement of the sun. And its metal and concrete exterior? “Those materials aren’t going to burn in a wildfire,” Lenchek explains. The sustainably built homes you’ll discover here certainly reap the benefits of technology. This year’s residential winner of the Responsible Development Award (on page 64) features a gray-water system that “recycles” used bathing water, saving about 12,000 gallons each year. It captures energy from the sun in photovoltaic panels and from the earth via a ground-source heat pump, then uses that energy to power and heat the home. What’s most striking to me about these homes, though, is how they integrate ancient techniques with cutting-edge technology. (The aforementioned award-winning home also uses some of the simplest green-building techniques around, from incorporating stone to provide thermal mass, to taking full advantage of natural daylight.) What results from that fusion is certainly “green,” but it’s also just good, smart design. Best wishes,

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DESIGN WITH ROOTS A HUSBAND-AND-WIFE TEAM CREATES HANDCRAFTED FURNITURE WITH TRACEABLE ORIGINS When Trace Furnitureʼs founders Lana Bernberg and Basil Bouris create one of their sensuous contemporary designs, they arenʼt just making a piece of furniture. Theyʼre writing the last chapter in the story of a single, magnificent tree. Each limited-edition piece is accompanied by a “Provenance Passport”—a story of geography, history and culture, that links the furniture to the life of a responsibly and locally harvested tree. Engineered to endure for generations, the furniture is handcrafted in New York using traditional joinery techniques, then

Handcrafted from the heartwood of a walnut tree rescued from Staatsburg, New York, the Queen Canopy Bedʼs unique colors and depth result from the specific minerals deposited in the Hudson Valleyʼs soil. Inlays and butterfly joints add unique character to the limited-edition design.

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A River Runs By It AT RIVERS BEND LODGE NEAR YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, OWNER JEFF REED, JOINED BY ACTRESS JOSIE BISSETT, ACHIEVES A DREAM OF SUSTAINABLE LUXURY

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FACING PAGE: Equipped for fly-fishing, Rivers Bend Lodge owner Jeff Reed and actress Josie Bissett amble along the bank of the Yellowstone River. THIS PAGE: Fashioned from local cottonwood branches, traditional Western-style fencing known as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;jack fenceâ&#x20AC;? lines the gravel drive leading to the main lodge and two additional guesthouses. Emigrant Peak, with a summit of 10,915 feet, rises in the background.

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any mountain resorts offer genuine back-to-nature experiences. Rare, however, are those like Rivers Bend Lodge, on 120 acres along the Yellowstone River in the heart of Montana’s Paradise Valley. Created by Montana native-come-home Jeff Reed, with the smart and style-conscious advice of actress and author Josie Bissett, his best friend and companion of four years, the sustainably run lodge enables guests to glory in their surroundings without depleting natural resources or otherwise leaving human footprints behind.

grade, I was fly-fishing and I floated on a raft by the main house and thought, ‘Wow, I’ll never be able to own a place like that.’ Fast-forward to 2004, when I decided I wanted a place back in Montana as a retreat from Seattle, where I’d built my own international computer company. I found out from my dad that the owners were thinking of moving, and I made an unsolicited offer on the property. I sat on it for two years, and then began a three-year construction plan for remodeling its three houses.

MOUNTAIN LIVING: How did Rivers Bend Lodge come about?

ML: What was your vision behind that plan?

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breakfast in the Paradise Valley, and we happened to be about two miles upstream from the lodge. One day, when I was in the fifth

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JR: When I go out into the wilderness, I get my soul back. I’d raised my sons—Jordan, who’s 16, and Harrison, 13—in the city, and I see how Montana opens their souls, too. I wanted an

FACING PAGE: Bissett and Reed cast for trout in one of the resort’s two stocked ponds. Behind them is a restored ranger’s cabin from Yellowstone, used as a bunkhouse. CENTER: Fringed by cottonwoods, the main house faces the river through walls of glass. RIGHT, TOP: French doors open the lodge house’s master bedroom to fresh air, light and views. RIGHT, BOTTOM: Bissett and Reed prepare a meal in the rustic-yet-elegant kitchen.

eco-friendly place where I could hang out, meet new people, entertain them, teach them how to fly-fish or hunt, and give them that wilderness experience. And what a great way to retire later on! JOSIE BISSETT: For me and my children—Mason, who is 11 years old, and Maya, who’s 8—it’s a perfect place where we can go with Jeff and his sons to experience the four seasons and make family memories together, surrounded by nature. ML: Throughout the remodeling of Rivers Bend Lodge, you’ve made sustainability a priority. What do you consider the highlights of what you’ve achieved? JR: If you spend the money on insulation and do it right, you can have a huge impact on sustainability. The buildings have a lot of

passive cooling and heating, with natural ventilation, large windows, and wide awnings for shade. The subfloor electrical heating is extremely efficient, and there’s LED lighting and ultra-efficient appliances. Plus we used nontoxic paint. And the flooring and timbers are all reclaimed wood. We’ve got a greenhouse where we grow some of our food. Eventually, I want to generate most of my electrical power, along with hydrogen to fuel a car. When I’m in my 50s, I want the place to be completely selfsustaining, and I want to spend a year only eating what comes off the property. Mind you, I’ll probably order some wine. JB: Those sustainability messages make great lessons for our children, too. I love the fact that there is so much thought behind what Jeff has created, that everything at the lodge is not just amazing but also has meaning. >>

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“I WANT THE PLACE TO BE COMPLETELY SELF-SUSTAINING, AND I WANT TO SPEND A YEAR WHERE I ONLY EAT WHAT COMES OFF THE PROPERTY. MIND YOU, I’LL PROBABLY ORDER SOME WINE.” –– Jeff Reed, owner, Rivers Bend Lodge

MAKING THE MOST OF MONTANA Rivers Bend Lodge can welcome up to 22 overnight guests at a time among the main lodge, the Trout House, and the Eagle’s Nest House. Each can be rented separately and includes its own kitchen, private baths for each bedroom, satellite TV, and wireless Internet. The retreat’s size, scope and location make it ideal for a wide range of activities: FLY-FISHING Cast for trout along the adjacent Yellowstone River, in two private stocked ponds, or on guided tours to other nearby waters. HUNTING The lodge can arrange self-guided hunting for whitetail deer or expert guided outings for partridges, pheasants or grouse. TOURING Visit Yellowstone on your own or with a guide. Shop, dine or visit galleries and museums in historic Livingston, Bozeman and Gardiner, or have a gourmet meal, casual bite or drinks in nearby Chico. OTHER ACTIVITIES AND AMENITIES Depending on the season and your interests, enjoy hiking, float trips, river rafting, birding, hiking, horseback pack trips, mountain biking, alpine and Nordic skiing, snowmobiling, dog-sled treks and on-site massage. SPECIAL EVENTS The meeting room and other facilities can comfortably handle up to 32 attendees and offers catering, personal chef and concierge services.

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CLOCKWISE FROM FACING PAGE, FAR LEFT: Guests gather with Reed and Bissett in the main lodge’s bar room, which features a vintage-1890s Brunswick bar that saw time in a London pub and a local saloon. The lodge’s dining room and kitchen. Emigrant Peak rises behind a stocked trout pond. A cozy library stores Reed’s and Bissett’s books, including her latest children’s book, “Tickle Monster.”

ML: It’s apparent that you never sacrificed style to sustainability. How did you also create such attractive, comfortable surroundings?

ML: With such important moments in mind, how would you both sum up what Rivers Bend Lodge offers?

JR: The most important message here is that you can achieve sustainable design without anybody noticing.

JB: I grew up in more of a city background with houses around me, not mountains and all this space. So aside from the lodge being both stunning and homey, I find the scenery so spectacular. Sometimes, when I open the windows in the morning it’s like looking at a painting!

JB: The whole place is really an expression of Jeff ’s heart and soul. JR: But Josie gave me valuable input on all the details. I would show her options, like for the hardwood floors, and her opinion always turned out to be the best choice. Josie’s touch is most apparent in the kitchen, where she made a lot of the decisions. She told me that we needed to add a big window over the sink, so you could look at the view while doing dishes or cleaning up. That made a huge difference. JB: The food at the lodge is very important to me. So much of the experience there is about those moments you share around the dinner table.

JR: The three times a year or so we’re at the lodge just isn’t enough for us. We built a classy place and did things right. Yellowstone National Park is our playground, our backyard. And where else could you go out your back door with a glass of wine, walk 20 feet, and cast for rising trout? ●

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Preservation and sustainability were key to the creation of the Sky Lodge, which inhabits three of the oldest buildings in Park City’s historic Old Town. The fivestar boutique lodge was built to LEED standards with eco-friendly and recycled building materials, and nearly half of the downtown property is dedicated to open space. Thirty-three residence-style suites are designed with well-being in mind and feature master bedroom fireplaces, Egyptian-cotton bedding and Kohler soaking tubs.

About 30 miles south of Telluride in the San Juan Mountains, Dunton ranks big on the green scale in terms of preservation alone. Once an encampment for miners and trappers, the 400-acre property went from ghost town to luxury resort in 1994. A dozen restored hand-hewn cabins have heated slate floors and plush linens. Locally sourced ingredients are favored for gourmet meals in the Saloon.

Living in harmony is what this eco-resort is all about. Its creators took the local Native American heritage of respect for the land to another level, mixing alternativeenergy concepts with luxury amenities, including the Living Spa and acclaimed De la Tierra restaurant. The resort’s 84 green-built, pueblo-style Native Americanor globally-themed guest rooms, suites and casitas blend beautifully with the tranquil surroundings.

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Architect Tom Lenchek designed this contemporary home with passive solar principles in mind. Deep roof overhangs shade the south, river-facing faรงade (above) from the high summer sun. During winter months, expansive sliding-glass walls topped with clerestory windows allow the low sun to filter in and heat the house naturally.

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BETWEEN A RIVER AND A ROAD ARCHITECT TOM LENCHEK CREATES AN ENERGY-SMART CONTEMPORARY HOME FIT FOR ITS SPECTACULAR MONTANA SETTING

On a narrow bit of land between Montana’s Gallatin River and the highway to Big Sky, a contemporary home rises from the rugged landscape. Made of concrete, steel and glass, the 4,200square-foot structure takes its cue from its surroundings: the drama of mountains, river and sky. Architect Tom Lenchek and his team at Seattle-based Balance Associates, Architects, and homeowners Mike and Andrea Scholz recognized in the challenging site an opportunity to heighten their experience of Montana’s Big Sky country. And so they set about designing a structure with strong ties to the environment, not just in terms of its form but its function as well. MOUNTAIN LIVING: How did the narrow site influence your design for this home? TOM LENCHEK: The house sits between a busy highway and the Gallatin River. Our goal was to capture specific views of the river and orient the house toward the sun, while shielding it from the busy highway. The solution was an angled shape. ML: Did the home’s surroundings also inspire the materials palette? TL: The setting is so dramatic that the house doesn’t need to do much. We wanted something robust-looking sitting in the rough landscape, and I like the mix of rough and sophisticated: concrete and steel with glass and wood. Our main goal was to connect the building to the environment by using the same materials for the interior and exterior. The concrete floor easily extends from the interiors to the outdoors, as does the wood ceiling. The structure dictated other interior finishes, such as the fir windows, as well. >> BELOW: Lining one wall of the living/dining space, sparely detailed fir cabinet doors hide valuable storage space. A built-in niche displays “Frolic,” a bronze sculpture by artist Linda S. Raynolds. Custom sliding-glass doors allow the corner of the living room to open completely to a sheltered patio, blurring the boundary between indoors and out.

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ML: For all its beauty, Montana’s climate can be harsh. Did that present any design challenges? TL: Yes. The Intermountain West is very cold in winter

and warm in summer, and from July to September there are wildfires to contend with. So it’s very important to use building materials that aren’t going to burn, like concrete and metal. ML: How does the structure accommodate both the warm summers and cold winters? TL: The structure has a south-facing view and receives

lots of sunlight, so we created deep roof overhangs that keep the high summer sun out of the house. In winter, when the sun is lower, it comes into the house and heats the concrete floor, which absorbs and stores that warmth. At night, the concrete gives up that heat, warming the space. Mike Scholz: We knew we wouldn’t have air conditioning, so we added clerestory windows, which provide cross-ventilation and evacuate the heat in the summer. ML: Tell us about those great floor-to-ceiling windows. MS: We wanted the house to feel very connected to the outdoors, and we always pictured tremendous amounts of glass. TL: We knew we wanted large expanses of glass, but we

had to take into consideration snow loads, as well as the fact that this house is situated on an earthquake fault line. The solution was a steel structure—but that created another challenge: Steel transfers cold. To eliminate that “thermal bridging,” or heat loss, between the interior and exterior, we created two separate supporting steel structures, one inside and one outside. ML: But do the large windows contribute to heat loss? TL: Really high-quality windows that have a good seal

don’t leak cold. We chose windows with a high-performance glazing and an R-value that’s double that of a normal double-paned sliding-glass door. The windows, in combination with radiant in-floor heating, eliminate the big temperature differentials that cause drafts, so the interiors maintain a comfortable, even temperature. >> LEFT: A color palette of lively neutrals makes the small master bedroom an inviting retreat. Glass walls capture views—and the soothing sound—of the Gallatin River. A tub and shower space separate his-and-hers hallways, each lined with fir closets. FACING PAGE: Minimal yet comfortable living room furnishings from Crate & Barrel let the views take center stage.

ML: In addition to capturing energy from the sun, you’re also extracting it from the ground via a ground-source heat pump. How does that work? MS: Several wells draw water up from underground. Heat is

drawn out of the water and exchanged into glycol, which runs through a system of tubes positioned beneath the floors, providing radiant heat. Meanwhile, the water is pumped back into the ground. The system allows us to heat our house for 25 percent of the cost of heating a house of the same size with a conventional forced-air heating system. TL: The system is nearly twice as efficient as an air-source heat pump, which is already more efficient than a forced-air system. It’s a real benefit during Montana’s long heating season. ML: The house has an interesting water-collection system. What drove the design? TL: In snow country, it’s best to manage snow on the ground rather than on the roof. Snow management drove the troughlike design of the home’s “gutters,” which are positioned on the ground and collect water as it falls from the roof. The water is then redirected around the house and dispersed into the ground. MS: The roof has a low slope so that water falls off easily. In the parking area, it falls onto concrete pads; grass planted in between the pads absorbs the water, reducing runoff and slippery conditions. ML: Why was creating a sustainable design so important to you? MS: Given our country’s energy challenges, sustainable design seems to be the right thing to do. And technology—as well as tax incentives—makes it economically feasible. ●

For this home’s materials palette, Lenchek specified a mix of rough and sophisticated elements: concrete and steel with glass and wood. Concrete flooring and a wood ceiling extend from the home’s interiors out to the patio, easing the transition from architecture to environment. A fireplace and comfortable seating arrangement transform the patio into an outdoor living room.

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Interior designer Jennifer Hoey Smith combined vivid colors and rich textures in the master bedroom, from the bold blackand-white padded headboard and Anthropologie kilim pillow to the soft bolsters covered in Great Plains silk mohair-linen fabric. The duvet cover is from John Robshaw. FACING PAGE: Smithâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s husband Cory negotiated with the owner of an old barn in Fairfield, Idaho, to dismantle the structure and procure the vintage fir that now serves as siding for the cottage.

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HIDDEN POTENTIAL INTERIOR DESIGNER JENNIFER HOEY SMITH TURNS A DILAPIDATED OUTBUILDING IN KETCHUM, IDAHO, INTO A FAMILY HOME WITH A FRESH, MODERN-BARN AESTHETIC

“A small space needs to have high-end finishes so it doesn’t feel like a sacrifice to live there.” — Interior designer Jennifer Hoey Smith

There are fixer uppers, and then there are Fixer Uppers. An unkempt property with a rundown cabin and decrepit barn in the ski resort town of Ketchum, Idaho, wasn’t anyone’s idea of a dream home, but interior designer Jennifer Hoey Smith and her husband Cory saw potential in the shabby junkyard aesthetic of the distressed buildings. “The site was close to the river on a nice residential street in town, and it included a barn, historic cabin, smokehouse, shed and chicken coop,” Smith says. Still, taking the financial plunge to purchase the property dictated a tiny budget for renovations—and the couple also happened to be expecting a baby. “When Cory said he’d tackle the majority of the work, I thought, ‘If he’s willing, let’s do it!’” says Smith. “Then we got resourceful.” The couple decided to begin by expanding the 400square-foot barn after making a fortuitous visit to a building supply thrift store in nearby Hailey. There they scored five Pella windows for a rock-bottom

price. Smith drew up plans for a modest addition that utilized all the windows, increasing the living space to 700 square feet, including two new bedrooms and a bathroom. With energy efficiency in mind, Smith specified structural insulated panels (prefabricated building panels with superior thermal performance, also known as SIPs) for the new construction. The barn’s unsightly exterior had to go, but expensive siding was out of the question. “Cory had noticed some rundown barns near Fairfield, Idaho, and said,

LEFT: A custom sectional couch is covered in a durable chocolate-brown linen-blend fabric. Polycarbonate Kartell dining chairs surround a French antique trestle dining table, and an Emma Gardner striped wool rug adds a punch of color underfoot. The painting is by local artist Sjer Jacobs. BELOW: Smith sketched out the design for the compact kitchen and found the contemporary cabinets at Ikea. “Open shelving is a good design choice for small spaces,” she says of the kitchen shelves her husband built. “It’s artful and breaks up the monotony of all matching cabinets.”

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‘What if I go knock on some doors and see if we can buy someone’s unwanted relic?’” Smith recalls. “After successfully negotiating to take down a barn, he carefully dismantled the vintage fir boards and sealed them with natural linseed oil. We got our siding for about $800.” Meanwhile, Smith went to work designing the interior space. “I wanted to create a modern barn feel, playing off the juxtaposition of old and new,” she explains. The original tongue-and-groove ceilings and new drywall were painted bright white to make the space feel larger. A custom sectional maximizes seating space in the main gathering room, with an adjacent dining area pairing transparent polycarbonate chairs with an antique trestle table. In the kitchen, Smith combined reclaimed fir floors with modern stainless-

steel appliances and crisp white Ikea cabinets fitted with oilrubbed bronze hardware from Restoration Hardware. The couple returned to the building supply thrift store and found a steal on a remnant of new 100-percent wool carpeting. They also installed a new roof, energy-efficient appliances and a tankless water heater. “Our building process was very green, and we saved a ton of money along the way,” Smith says. “Someday we’ll tackle the main house and this cottage will become a guest house, but we’re not in any hurry to move. Because of the sweat equity we invested and the creative solutions we employed to meet our budget requirements, this home means a lot more to us and our family.” The Fixer Upper, it seems, had potential after all; it just needed the right family to recognize its well-hidden charm. ●

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“I am naturally a minimalist, and living in this house feels great.” — Interior designer Jennifer Hoey Smith

SUSTAINABLE DESIGN ON A DIME “We consciously tried to make green building decisions,” says Smith. “It helped our budget initially, and we’ll also save money over time in reduced energy bills.” Here, she offers helpful tips for creating an eco-friendly design for less: SHOPPING Building supply thrift stores, such as those operated by charities like Habitat for Humanity, can be gold mines for perfectly usable used or remnant materials at deeply discounted prices. APPLIANCES ENERGY STAR-rated appliances help reduce future energy expenses and are often no more expensive than standard models. EFFICIENCY Structural insulated panels (SIPS) are energy efficient because of their airtight, insulated core and can reduce construction labor costs because they are prefabricated at the factory. DESIGN Simple design lends itself to do-it-yourself construction, like the open kitchen shelving Cory Smith built and installed. WATER A tankless water heater provides on-demand hot water, takes up less space and uses less energy than a conventional water heater. REPURPOSE Be creative about repurposing materials. When the Smiths needed exterior siding, Cory knocked on doors and offered to demolish old barns until he found a taker. The fir hardwood flooring is also reclaimed wood.

ABOVE, LEFT: Three small windows bring light into the master bedroom, part of the barn’s new addition. For the walls, Smith chose paint in a soft sage green with grey undertones. “It’s a restful, soothing color for a bedroom,” she says. ABOVE, RIGHT: Smith’s collection of vintage mirrors fit perfectly in the new bathroom, illuminated by hanging lights from the Sundance catalog. “Using pendant lights instead of sconces maximized the available wall space for the mirrors,” she explains.

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A space that encompasses the living, dining and family rooms flows easily to an outdoor dining room via a fully retractable accordion-like glass wall. The design team achieved a healthy indoor environment by eliminating all formaldehyde and by using exclusively low- or zero-VOC products, including formaldehydefree engineered lumber, low-VOC construction adhesive, and zero-VOC paints and prefinished bamboo flooring. 64

THE EDGE HOUSE RODWIN ARCHITECTURE IMAGINES A CONTEMPORARY RESIDENCE ON THE CUTTING EDGE OF SUSTAINABLE DESIGN

“Architecture is typically defined and inspired by its constraints,” says Scott Rodwin, principal of Rodwin Architecture in Boulder, Colorado. “It’s an architect’s job to find the most graceful, intelligent and efficient way to respond to those constraints.” So it was most unusual when a new client approached Rodwin not with a list of do’s and don’ts, but with one simple directive: “design a home that’s as green as you can make it, and do the very best job possible.” So began the process of designing a LEED Platinum-certified, near-net-zero-energy home in Boulder that uses about the same amount of energy as it produces over the course of a year. The home includes a 10-kilowatt photovoltaic system, a solarthermal system and ground-source heat pump, as well as passive-solar design, a super-insulated thermal envelope, high-performance fiberglass windows, and a palette of building materials low in VOCs and completely free of formaldehyde. >>

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DAY LIGHTING A Kalwall skylight filled with Nanogel, an ultralightweight, translucent, R-22 insulation material, provides natural day lighting in the home’s core. “We took full advantage of the day lighting we achieved by putting a giant stone wall below the skylight,” Rodwin says. “We then created a floating staircase that slides up this ‘slot canyon;’ its open treads let light filter down about two-and-a-half stories.” Situating the large stone wall in the middle of the house also provides valuable thermal mass, which helps to naturally regulate swings in interior air temperature between day and night.

But it’s the features you won’t yet find on a LEED-certification checklist that make this project so notable: pioneering methods and materials that will change the way tomorrow’s sustainable homes are built, from the city of Boulder’s first legal gray-water system, to an experimental three-part insulation technique that achieved superinsulated walls with an R value of 38—exterior walls typically have an R value of about 19—an R-20 slab and an R-65 roof, with no thermal breaks. Before Rodwin and his team could implement this cutting-edge design, the site’s existing 43-year-old, 7,000square-foot home had to be addressed. “The house was a disaster,” Rodwin recalls. “It had six floors and was filled with asbestos and shag carpeting from top to bottom. There weren’t any windows on the south side, and almost none on the western side, which is where the view is. And it was built over the property line on two sides, right down to the foundation. We quickly determined that it was unsalvageable.” The amount of material that comes from an old house—and that usually goes to the landfill—is staggering, and until recently, it has cost significantly more to salvage those materials than to send them to the landfill. But this project changed that. Rodwin’s team helped to introduce a new method of accounting to Boulder County that gives homeowners the replacement value of deconstructed materials rather than the resale value. This change, which adds up to a much better tax benefit, allowed 91 percent of the old home’s materials to be deconstructed and salvaged at virtually no additional net cost to the homeowner. >>

“BRIGHTER” LIGHTS A smart lighting system features efficient, long-lasting and dimmable compact-fluorescent and LED lighting controlled by occupancy sensors in every room. “Each light switch is actually a little computer that’s hardwired back to a central computer in the basement,” says project manager Ron Flax. “Any switch can be programmed to perform a wide variety of operations.” For example, the central computer can save energy by adjusting artificial lighting according to ambient light levels.

LOW-TEMPERATURE RADIANT HEAT A ground-source heat pump (also known as a geothermal system) powers the home’s radiant in-floor heating system. Because this home has such a tight thermal envelope, the system requires a lower-than-normal water-delivery temperature. “As a result, you can more efficiently use heat collected via the geothermal system,” says Flax. “You can use smaller pumps and pump more slowly, which requires less energy, and yet the house maintains a very constant, comfortable temperature from floor to ceiling. It’s also better for the hardwood floors, which don’t like high temperatures.”

ENERGY INDEPENDENCE The home’s electricity is provided almost exclusively by a 10-kilowatt photovoltaic system that captures energy from the sun via rooftop panels. When the system makes more energy than the house can use, it’s sent back to the power grid, literally spinning the electrical meter backward. Roof-mounted solar-thermal panels also collect heat, which preheats the home’s domestic hot water and can also be used to provide heat for the radiant in-floor heating system. A ground-source heat pump powers the home’s radiant in-floor heating and indirect evaporative cooling system.

INSULATED WINDOWS To protect the home’s windows from the sun, Rodwin specified super-high-performance, fiberglass-framed low-E windows that are “tuned” with a special film that reflects the sun’s radiant heat. East- and west-facing windows are tuned to prevent the house from overheating, while south-facing windows are tuned to allow 65 percent of solar radiation into the house, maximizing passive solar gain. The U-24 windows are so well insulated, says Rodwin, they feel warm to the touch on even the coldest winter day.

“We contextualized the house by drawing inspiration from the neighborhood’s materials palette, using local buff sandstone from Lyons, Colo., stucco and reclaimed FSC-certified cedar.”

— Architect Scott Rodwin

With the existing house removed, Rodwin and his team turned their attention to ensuring that the new structure would function optimally. “When net-zero energy is the goal, you have to start employing some extraordinary measures,” Rodwin says. “When you combine a 10-kilowatt photovoltaic system with a ground-source heat pump and throw in solar-hot-water panels, you have the opportunity to cut your energy bills to nearly zero.” What’s most remarkable about this array of high-tech systems is that the house can actually recognize the most efficient means of heating or cooling itself at any given time—and use that particular method. As a result, the house has achieved a Home Energy Rating System (HERS) index of 6, which means it uses 94 percent less energy than the HERS Reference Home, which has an index of 100 (based on the 2006 International Energy Conservation Code). “Our goal was to get as close to net-zero energy as possible,” says Rodwin. “That meant passive solar design was critical. The trick was doing that while still opening to the huge western view.” This sort of give-and-take, the thoughtful balancing of form and function, is what makes this home as appealing to its owners as it is sustainable. “Throughout the design process,” says Rodwin, “we looked at both architecture and energy systems and found the point of convergence.” ● RODWIN ARCHITECTURE, BOULDER, CO, 303-413-8556, RODWINARCH.COM

A WATER LEGACY When the homeowner requested a gray-water system and was told it wasn’t allowed, he and Rodwin Architecture worked with the city to change the building code and create Boulder’s first legal gray-water system. The homeowner not only installed a prototype in his house but started a company called Water Legacy (waterlegacy.com), which makes these sustainable systems available to the public. HOW DOES IT WORK? The Water Legacy gray-water system collects used bathing water from baths and showers, then filters and disinfects it using hydrogen peroxide and ultraviolet light. The clean water is then stored and supplies filtered water to toilets on demand. HOW MUCH WATER DOES IT SAVE? The average household will save approximately 12,000 gallons of water each year. IS IT EASILY INSTALLED? Because the system requires gray water to be separated from black water, it’s best suited for new construction and serious remodels; retrofits can be challenging and costly.

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WHAT DOES IT COST? A new Water Legacy system costs an average of $3,000, while the additional required piping typically costs less than $500.

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Old Faithful Visitor Education Center A SENSITIVE SITE INFORMS CTA ARCHITECTS ENGINEERS’ DESIGN FOR A STRUCTURE THAT’S AS INSPIRING AS ITS NAMESAKE

HOW DO YOU BUILD A STRUCTURE upon fragile terrain, in a historic setting, that’s designed to host thousands of tourists each year? Jim Beal could tell you: very carefully, with a lot of research, and over a long period of time. Beal, an architect with Montana-based CTA Architects Engineers, and his team spent 10 years working on Yellowstone National Park’s Old Faithful Visitor Education Center. With the help of the National Park Service and Swank Construction, they set out to create a building that would honor the aesthetic of the region while propelling design forward, withstand a harsh climate and, of course, host visitors. Getting to that end, however, was no easy feat. The design team had to work within a tight building season cut short by harsh winter months. They needed to be mindful of the sensitive balance of the terrain—and the native wildlife. The building needed to be large, but had to have a shallow foundation to limit site disturbance. “No one completely understands all of the dynamics that go into creating a geyser that’s as faithful as Old Faithful,” Beal explains, “so we didn’t want to screw up the ‘plumbing’ of the site.” But at the opening dedication of the LEED Gold-certified building, Beal knew the design was a success. He recalls, “There were several hundred people in the lobby space,” which has floor-to-ceiling windows that capture up-close views of Old Faithful. “The moment the geyser went off, people just stopped, turned their heads, and watched.” ● CTA ARCHITECTS ENGINEERS, BILLINGS, MT, 406-248-7455, CTAGROUP.COM

Roof runoff is a part of the thoughtful storm-watermanagement plan architect Jim Beal and his team engineered. “Gutters are a bad idea in this environment,” Beal explains, “because they just get ripped off the roof by the elements.” Instead, water is allowed to stream off the structure and into the ground, replenishing the aquifer below.

GREEN FEATURES LEED Gold status achieved Concrete from the old visitor center was crushed and used as fill material for the new site 99.6% of construction waste was diverted from the landfill Trees and topsoil were salvaged during construction and later redistributed The new structure was built using local and regional materials where possible A thoughtful stormwatermanagement plan helps keep the natural flow of water to the Geyser Basin’s aquifer intact

A SENSITIVE SETTING To create a structure that will last, Jim Beal and his team had to understand the harsh environment. DOUBLE DUTY Though many of the visitor center’s design elements look good, they also work hard. The organically shaped walkways aren’t just for sightseers to stroll upon; they flow around stormwater-collection zones that help replenish the underground aquifer that’s essential to the life of the geyser. The contoured metal on the eaves of the roof are a contemporary design gesture, but they also help prevent snow buildup. Stone at the base of the structure resists weathering against the feet-high snow piles that accumulate there each winter, while shingle siding—double-stacked for durability— recalls the look of the area’s iconic Old Faithful Inn. GO WITH THE FLOW In the lobby, a computer-operated, convection-based ventilation system helps keep air fresh and reduces cooling costs. In a continuous loop, cool air is pulled in through louvers at the bottom, then heats up and exits through clerestory windows at the top.

CONSTRUCTING WITH A CONSCIENCE Beal and his team had to tear down the site’s original visitor center in order to make way for a new building (that would occupy the same footprint as the one it would replace, to limit site disturbance). They crushed all of the concrete from the old structure’s foundation and sidewalk (approximately 70,000 square feet of hardscape) and used it as fill material. Though they were unable to use materials from within the park itself, they sought out locally sourced materials like concrete and stone. More than 99 percent of construction waste was diverted from the landfill, and construction vehicles were steamcleaned before use to prevent the transfer of non-native plant species into the sensitive ecosystem.

A convection-based ventilation system helps naturally flush the inside air and cuts back on the building’s energy load Low-VOC-emitting interior materials and finishes chosen Lobby and office spaces make use of natural day lighting Alternative-fuel vehicle parking and bike storage available The visitor center educates guests not only about the geyser itself but also about the building’s sustainable features

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Rancho Viejo WITH RESOURCE CONSERVATION IN MIND, DESIGN WORKSHOP GETS CREATIVE WITH A 20,000-ACRE PARCEL OF DESERT LAND

TRAVEL 16 MILES SOUTH OF SANTA FE and you’ll encounter a place where past meets present: a mixed-use community made up of traditional New Mexico-style villages with a forward-thinking approach to preserving the area’s most precious natural resource: water. “The first thing we did was hold a two-day workshop to identify what the community should be,” says Joe Porter, founding partner of urban planning and landscape architecture firm Design Workshop, who worked with SunCor Development Company and the County of Santa Fe to envi-

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sion Rancho Viejo. “We established that the development had to fit the land; it couldn’t be destructive of it,” he says. That workshop not only yielded an innovative plan for 20,000 acres of raw land—which would give birth to a high-density, 10-village community and preserve half the land as open space—but also created a water-conservation plan that would honor Santa Fe’s strict water-use requirements. (The county’s residents can consume roughly half the water that Denver dwellers use, and about a third of that used by Las Vegas and Phoenix residents.)

But perhaps most importantly, the workshop began what would become a vibrant collaboration between the design team and local officials. “I believe there are certain elements of the communitydevelopment process that are broken,” says Porter, who’s worked in community development for 40 years. In order to change the result of development, he believes we must go back and change the process. This project did just that, says Porter. “Its legacy is of people who are normally adversarial working together,” he says. ● DESIGN WORKSHOP, ASPEN, CO, 970-925-8354, DESIGNWORKSHOP.COM

GOOD PRACTICES High-density villages paired with preserved land showcase an alternative to urban sprawl Villages are oriented around a central plaza, providing space for residents to gather Village plans offer a variety of residential options and require 15 percent affordable housing Rancho Viejo’s architectural style honors the local vernacular The majority of homes are sited to conserve energy Homes are within five minutes of a trail system that allows residents to enjoy open space Landscaping is comprised entirely of native desert plants An extensive wastewatertreatment plan uses recycled water for irrigation 10,000 acres of beautiful landscape is preserved as open space Wildlife corridors and arroyos have been left undisturbed

THE BIG PICTURE The visionaries behind Rancho Viejo set out to build a community with three main goals in mind: PRESERVE LAND Porter brought to this project plenty of experience with breaking up large tracts of land into a handful of units, and siting homes far away from each other. But that just didn’t seem right for this property. “It was much better for [a large portion of the land] to go to public use,” he says. The 10,000 acres of preserved open space were carefully chosen to protect the natural arroyos—gulches in the high-mountain-desert landscape that serve as a natural drainage system to replenish underground aquifers. The network of trails follows the contours of the arroyos, allowing residents to enjoy the beautiful landscape without causing it harm. BUILD COMMUNITY A series of walkable villages was designed to foster a sense of community. Each cluster of homes has a central plaza for gathering and socializing, and offers a mix of residential options: townhomes, lofts, two-story live/work units and a variety of single-family homes. The lay of the land determines the footprint of the development—and not the other way around, as is often the case. “The land patterns form the villages,” says Porter. These housing groups sit upon the flat, elevated meadows, while more dispersed estate homes are tucked into the wooded hillsides, and the stretching arroyos and grasslands are left untouched. SAVE WATER The community makes use of two water lines—a conventional line and a reuse line— that work together to meet its needs. Recycled water irrigates turf in the plazas and native plants along the streetscapes; the open space follows its own natural water cycle. The project’s smart water-saving efforts have created a stir in the county, encouraging other developers to think similarly about protecting the vital natural resource. “The project has the potential to influence future development for the better,” Porter says.

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IRRESISTIBLE DETAILS Shooting Star, a residential community at the base of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, is proof that good development is sustainable development. Its 18 hand-hewn-log cabins (like the one pictured above) are built from zero-maintenance exterior finishes, including salvaged timbers and local stone, to recall the region’s ranch-style architecture. High-performance spray-foam insulation and insulated low-E windows ensure their optimal energy efficiency, even during Wyoming’s long, cold winters. But what truly distinguishes this community is its commitment to preservation. An open-space transfer fee on the sale of Shooting Star’s 100 single-family lots will generate more than $1 million every 10 years for a local land trust; the community will also permanently protect more than 1,300 acres of open land and preserve 1.5 miles of a scenic highway corridor. A 1-percent transfer fee on platted residential lots provides funding for public transportation between Jackson and Teton Village. And, to address Teton County’s deficit of affordable housing, a full 40 percent of Shooting Star’s residential offerings are rent- or deed-restricted. ●

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