This modern 2,000 square foot, three bedroom, two and a half bath residence replaces a Paradise, CA home destroyed in the 2018 Camp Fire.  The house is sited to take advantage of passive solar heating in the winter months, the enormous sky view and view of the Central Valley.

We employed the following energy conservation details for this home:

• Cool roof metal roofing

• R-42 conditioned unvented high performance attic with 2” of spray foam underneath the roof sheathing and R-30 blown-in insulation at the ceiling

• 12” tall energy heel at truss to wall connection

• Deep overhangs providing protection from rain and direct solar gain in the summer

• R-23 fiberglass BIB wall insulation

• Advanced framing walls with insulated headers (reducing wood framing & increasing insulation ~20%)

• Conditioned unvented crawl space

The follow appliances and equipment were selected to further reduce the potential energy load:

• 50 gallon heat pump water heater

• Ducted heat pump HVAC system for space heating and cooling

• Induction cook top

• Ducted ERV (energy recovery ventilator)