Energy-efficient 800 sq. ft. home in Mahone Bay, NS
A small energy footprint in a compact home.
“The Fernside” – an 800 sq.ft., single-storey, two-bedroom home, built at 92 Pinegrove St., Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, in 2010.
Features:
- Two bedrooms
- Two three-piece baths and one powder room.
- Open concept kitchen, living room and dinette.
- Attached carport.
- Maintenance free exterior of pre-finished cape-cod siding
- Low-E argon vinyl-clad casement windows
- 30-year laminate shingles
- All wood 2×6 kiln dried studs
- Plywood sheathing
- House is built on a fully insulated concrete slab that will be heated with a two-zoned six-stage high efficiency radiant electric boiler.
- Ceiling and walls will be insulated according to the new energy efficient standards.
- Engineered truss roof
- Green options include:
- Solar hot water heating
- Rainwater collection system
- Air-tight, wood heating