Ashokan Architecture & Planning, PLLC

ZERO ENERGY HOUSES

ESOPUS, NY

Design Concept: Ashokan Architecture & Planning, PLLC, and Greenhill Contracting, Inc., Esopus, NY

Project Manager, LEED-H Gold House I: Simon Stein, LEED AP

Project Manager, LEED-H Silver House II: Maggie Howell

Contractor: Greenhill Contracting, Inc., Esopus, NY

Solar PV & Ground Source Heat Pump Installer: HVCE, Rhinebeck, NY

Houses I & II Completed 2008

House I is the only house in New York State to acheive an Energy Star Rating of "0"

Currently under review for a LEED-H Gold & Silver Certification

LIVING ROOM INTERIOR

South facing facade provides ample daylighting and exposure for roof-mounted 15Kw solar PV system  

SOLAR PV INVERTERS FOR WHOLE-HOUSE ELECTRICITY & NET METERING BACK TO GRID UTILITY COMPANY

WATER-TO-AIR GROUND SOURCE HEAT PUMP & HIGH EFFICIENCY WATER HEATER (HEAT RECOVERY VENTILATOR NOT SHOWN)