Brooks/Mulligan House
Completion
Occupancy
Owner occupied
Scope
Totally new construction. The heated area is approximately 2200 SF.
| Type of Construction | New |
|---|---|
| Number of buildings | 1 |
| Floor area of each building | 2,694 |
| Bedrooms | 2 |
| Bathrooms | 2.0 |
| Stories | 3 |
| Conditioned Building Volume | 22,924 cu ft |
| Conditioned Floor Area | 2,200 sq ft |
| Unconditioned Floor Area | 640 sq ft |
Location and Climate Details
Single family residence
| Address |
10 Crosier Lane, off of Stetson Bros Rd Colrain, MA 01340
United States |
|---|---|
| Location Type | Rural |
| Climate Region | Zone 5 |
| Köppen Climate Type | Dfb |
| Lat. / Long. | POINT (-72.6967587 42.6731396) |
| Elevation | 900 ft |
| Solar Insolation | 4 kWh/m2/day |
| Annual CDD and Base Temp | NA | NA |
| Annual HDD and Base Temp | 7214 days | 65 deg F |
Site
The site is a southerly sloping field in a planned unit development on an abandoned apple orchard.
Materials and Design Strategy
This house is a wood frame structure incorporating Zip sheathing and Advantech building products. Modern framing techniques were used. The house is clad with Hardie siding. The roofing is Fabral steel roofing. The flooring is bamboo throughout with linoleum used in the kitchen and bath. The interior trim is all local knotty pine. All lighting fixtures and some cabinetry were purchased from the Restore and the Eco Building Store in Springfield.
This house is highly insulated and tightly built. It is design to take advantage of the solar heat gain with southern glass equal to about 8% of the floor area. The windows are triple glazed local PVC framed windows with a relatively good SHGC. The house has a 2' roof over hang on the Southern side to shade the windows from the high summer sun. The basement is open to the rest of the house and is mostly below grade. The root cellar is thermally separate from the basement by an R 10 slab break and R 42 wall insulation.
Only long lasting products like the metal roofing and Hardie siding were used in this house.