Notes from the Underground South Elevation Northwest Elevation

Notes from the Underground

South Elevation

Northwest Elevation

Northeast Elevation

East Elevation

South Elevation

Underground Architecture • Build a strong, waterproof building • Insulate it well • Cover it with earth • Plant native species

Why earth-sheltered? 1. Heating and cooling 2. Exterior maintenance 3. Landscape Fit

Site Micro

Salmon River

Footings and Slab 1. R 2 blanket 2. 15 cm drains 3. Footings 4. 10 cm drains 5. Rough-in plumbing 6. R 12 polystyrene 7. 6 ml vapour barrier 8. Wire mesh

Footings and Slab 1. Concrete poured 2. R 12 polystyrene 2 m perimeter 3. Screening for rock punctures 4. Topsoil

Slab Pour

First Furniture

Concrete is slovenly and feckless, Promiscuous, Willing to take whatever shape demanded of it If you are strong enough. . Once committed, though, Concrete becomes fanatically adamant. adapted from Columns & Catalogues, Peter Schjeldahl

Boots

ICF Walls

Filling ICF

Beams Douglas Fir Uplands Airport 1922

Beams and Ceiling

Roof SIPs – 15 cm rigid polyurethane (R 45) 26 gauge galvanized steel face

Roof Membrane 1. 5 cm Tentest Roofboard 1. 5 mm EPDM (Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer) membrane

Green Roof 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Native plants 1 m Topsoil 8 cm sand Root barrier Drainage board Roofboard Membrane Roofboard SIP Panels Pine Decking

Ground Cover Shade Tolerant Drought Tolerant Sweet Woodruff Ivy Lamiastrum Pachysandra Vinca Minor Periwinkle • Sedum • Creeping Thyme • Wooly Thyme • Lavender • Lantana

Passive Solar Windows: low South, high North Cupola above mechanical Deciduous Trees - shaded in summer, sun in winter

Trombe

Doors and Windows All reclaimed doors Some reclaimed windows Anderson double glaze, argon, low-e Casement into prevailing wind

Interior

Kitchen

Water Well Cold�water lines Combi hot water and in-floor heating

Waste 1. Low-Flush Toilets 2. Septic Tank (Anaerobic Treatment) 3. Effluent Filter 4. Waterloo Biofilter (Aerobic Treatment) 5. Disposal or Re-use

HVAC Winter HRV Heat exchange with outside air Duct from underground High-efficiency woodstove In-floor heating Trombe wall Summer ERV Moisture control Duct from underground

Electrical Battery back-up to crucial circuits 24 -volt under-cupboard lights Overhead CFs Task lighting

Greenstone Mill 100 kw run-of-river

Micro. FIT 104 modules 20 Kw $2000/month

Others Garbage Warrior - Michael Reynolds Recycled and Reclaimed – Dan Phillips Notes from the Underground complete text– Steven Moore www. moorepartners. ca/notes. cfm

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