Live/Work Space
Project Fact Sheet
The 40 Frames live/work project has three primary green building goals - the use of long lasting and recyclable building materials, energy efficiency, and water conservation. The following list details how our project will meet these goals, and how this approach to building will contribute to efforts locally in creating a model for new home construction.
- Building to Passivhaus standards (www.passivehouse.us) to create a highly energy efficient building envelope (70-90% better than ORSC)
- Whole house heat recovery ventilator (HRV) to provide good indoor air quality and energy efficiency (heat retention and preventing heat stratification)
- Phased approach to building: Passivhaus construction with option for future build-out of advanced renewable energy systems (PV, solar thermal)
- Building to Passivhaus standards helps create more experience with local builders and helps to set a standard locally
- Long-lasting building materials promotes less time spent on home maintenance (more time for friends/family, and volunteering in the community)
- Galvanized metal roof and siding, a recyclable material which has the added benefit of blocking solar radiation (heat gain during summer months)
- Lowering energy consumption addresses one of the leading causes of increased greenhouse gases, electricity generation (less than 1% of electricity generated in Oregon comes from renewable sources - solar, wind, geothermal, biomass)
- Water conservation through the use of a gray water recovery system, and installation of dry wells and permiable driveway for on-site storm water infiltration
- Project is urban in-fill (a flag lot partition), aligning with the goals of the Urban Growth Boundary
- Project design is simple and easily replicable, a marked improvement on the standard skinny lot house
Contact: Pam Minty or Alain LeTourneau at 503-231-6548 or