 PRLog (Press
Release) - Aug 22, 2011-Davis Frame Company, designer and manufacturer of timber frame homes is proud to
announce that one of their homes was voted "Timber Frame Home of the Year" by
the Timber Frame Business Council. The timber frame home is completely off-grid
living and is located in Sisters, Oregon.
The off-grid home features
traditional timber framing, an age-old craft that features exposed beams secured
with mortise and tenon joinery. The home also features many green features,
including solar panels and recycled building materials.
About the Solar
Home:
Homeowners and Independent Representatives for Davis Frame Company,
Doug and Leanne Smith, worked on designing the home to be able to maintain a
comfortable temperature based on its inherent structure and design and used
renewable energy for its power needs.The important elements of passive solar
design were to enclose the home in high-insulation exterior walls and ceiling
material, and position the windows to maximize solar gain, yet minimize heat
loss. The broad side of the home and the majority of its windows face primarily
south for optimum solar exposure for winter heating and photovoltaic electricity
generation. The north and west sides of the home have minimal glazing and are
protected by the garage and trees from prevailing winds. The ceilings are
minimally vaulted to maintain the efficiency of heating and cooling the home.
The polyurethane SIPs have high R-values with R26 walls and R40 ceilings. The
floor is insulated to R38 bats, plus has 1.5 inches of light cement slab to
enclose the in-floor heating system. All of the home's electricity is supplied
from batteries powered by photovoltaic panels. Solar hot water panels supply hot
water for in-floor heating to the main floor and the upstairs bathroom. The
house uses less than 500 gallons of propane a year.
Earth Advantage
Institute measured the home’s Energy Performance based on the design and
building materials used. Earth Advantage estimated energy consumption to operate
the Smiths home was one-third when compared to a just ‘built to code home’. The
home’s carbon score was one fifth of the average US house. Earth Advantage gave
this home a ‘Platinum’ rating, its highest rating. To learn more about
Earth Advantage please visit their website: http://www.earthadvantage.org.
The Smith's Davis Frame
timber frame home has been featured on USA Today online, Jetson Green, Energy
Efficient Homes Magazine, Timber Home Living's Best Homes of the Year and earned
the 2009 Green Building Award from Central Oregon Builders
Association.
About Davis Frame Company
Over two decades ago, Jeff
Davis and Rick Bascom realized they shared a common dream: to build the finest
custom-designed timber frame homes. Together they formed the Davis Frame
Company. Both dedicated artisans, they have consistently attracted like-minded
individuals to work with them who share the same ideals of quality,
collaboration and an unrelenting passion for the trade. Every home by Davis
Frame is both an expression of these values and a reflection of the owner's
desires.
Davis Frame designs and manufactures energy efficient timber
frame and post and beam homes. The company also builds commercial timber frames,
prefabricated timber trusses, timber frame homes, barn homes and timber frame
additions from a variety of wood species. Davis Frame also provides Structural
Insulated Panels (SIPS), Eagle and Integrity windows, pre-finished T&G,
cedar siding and trim and a variety of other building products. Visit Davis
Frame to learn more: http://www.davisframe.com.
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