Wallingford Eco-House

This house replaces a small but inefficient house built on this lot in the 1920’s. Given the attractive Wallingford street, the footprint of the original house was maintained since this respected the general scale and order of the neighborhood.  The new, upper floor was rotated to provide maximum views of Mt Rainier while the landscape stairs turn to face the public corner on 45th. 

In building a new home, the clients were able to attain a very high standard of sustainability. From the beginning, their aim was to achieve at least a 4 star Built-Green rating. When the house was completed, it not only earned 5 stars, but also scored one of the highest number of points for a residence in Seattle that year (630).

Major components in achieving this high standard of efficiency were:

1. -A wood/gas hybrid radiant heating system.
   

2. - Domestic solar hot water heating. 
   

3. -4.2kW solar panels to generate electricity.
   

4. -Recycled “Trestlewood” flooring and beams.
   

5. -High performance insulation in walls and roof.
   

6. -High performance tilt/turn windows.
   

7. -High performance ventilated façade system.
   

8. -3000 gallon rainwater cisterns for toilets, wash machine and garden.
   

9. -Pervious driveway for rainwater infiltration