Location: Toronto, Canada
Area: 353m2
Design: Paul Raff Studio
Landscape: Scott Torrance Landscape Architect Inc.
Engineers: Neumann Associates Limited (structural)
Image Credit: Paul Raff Studio
The solar cascade house has been recognized as the Best Green House for April, 2009 by Green source Magazine. Paul Raff Studio is likely to design a passive solar design, which will allow maximum sunlight to enter the 3,500 square- feet home. It is build using SIPs.
Each window facing east is made of 475 panels of 19- millimeter vertical stacked glass. It is set in a crenelated manner, which allows optimum light to pass and at the same time maintaining privacy.
Here is a video of how cascading window work
Green cascade
The home is equipped with solar design systems thus making it environmental friendly. These panels act as insulators thus regulating the temperature according to the season. An internal triple height slate wall traps solar energy and keeps the house warm even after sunset.
Paul Raff Studio is designing an eco- friendly house but as the house uses a lot of glass in its construction. It would be interesting to know whether the glass used is recyclable. Is the glass eco- friendly as the house is?
Via: Inhabitat