Turtle Lake Project is Under Construction

Our projected LEED for Homes "Gold" "Turtle Lake Project" is now under construction in Beulah, Michigan. The home is being built by Joel Harner of Let Us, Inc and the ICF foundation is being constructed by Adam Eerdmans of Turtle Wall (Good company name for our project). This home will be a Passive Solar home with Photovoltaic and Geo-Thermal heating and cooling. The home will be constructed with a ICF Foundation and Advance Framing with 1" of Dow Foam for the main floor. The exterior will be Fiber Cement Siding with a Metal Roof and Andersen Windows.

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Paw Paw "Vineyard" project is Projected LEED for Homes "Gold"

Image Design, LLC and Hybrid Homes, LLC are excited to announce our Paw Paw project (also known as the Vineyard Project) was just register as a projected LEED for Homes "Gold" project. Nestled in South Western Michigan's wine country this project is located next to a vineyard, thus the project name. This home will be a Passive Solar Prairie style home built with BuildBlock ICF (Insulated Concrete Forms) from foundation to the roof where we will be using Elk 40 yr. Prestique Cool color dimensional shingles. The exterior will be using two of our favorite products CertainTeed FiberCement Siding (Includes Fly Ash) and Andersen windows. The interior will have stained concrete floor on all floor which will make great thermal mass. The home was also design with lifetime design priciples and has zero step entries.

Update!!! This home will now be close to a net-zero home thanks to the recent addition of 4 kw of Photovaoltaic, Solar Hot Water system , Geo-thermal heating and cooling and the future installation of a Wind Generator. Now were keeping our figures crossed with the new addition of these renewable energies on this house, it will be enough to push it to a LEED for Homes "Platinum" designation.

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