Solar Project: The Wilson House

Photo Journal Contents
Date	Description	Page
July 1999	The Design	1
August 2000	The Foundation	2
October 4 2000	The Ground Floor	3
October 8 2000	In Floor Heating	4
October 16 2000	Ground Floor Done	5
November 5 2000	Walkout Basement	6
November 13 2000	Steel Framing	7
November 25 2000	Glulam Post and Beam Framing Ground Floor	8
December 2 2000	Second Floor Framing	9
December 2 2000	Ground Floor Framing	10
December 2 2000	View from Second Floor	11
December 3, 2000	The House: A Solar Collector	12
December 17, 2000	The Second Floor Goes Up	13
December 23, 2000	The Second Floor Takes Shape	14
January 7, 2001	The Kitchen Takes Shape	15
January 7, 2001	The Second Floor Ready for a Roof	16
January 17, 2000	Roofing	17
January 20, 2001	Roofing Half Done	18
January 20, 2001	Rays of Light	19
January 24, 2001	Finishing the Roof	20
January 24, 2001	Construction	21
February 3, 2001	Car Port Takes Shape	22
February 10, 2001	Inspection	23
February 10, 2001	Roof and Car Port	24
February 11, 2001	Roof Lines	25
February 22, 2001	Sky Light	26
March 3, 2001	Framed for Walls	27
March 15, 2001	Curbing for the Greenroof	28
March 24, 2001	Roof Done, Ready for Windows	29
April 5, 2001	Windows Installed	30
April 13, 2001	Straw Bale Walls Steel Reinforcement	31
April 13, 2001	Straw Bales	32
April 14, 2001	Straw Bale Happening: Like an Old Fashioned Barn Raising	33
April 21, 2001	Plastering Straw Bale Walls	34
April 21, 2001	Zinc Roofing Started	35
April 22, 2001	Completing the Zinc Siding	36
May 17, 2001	North Side Radian Floor Heating	37
May 23, 2001	Painting and Banboo Flooring	38
June 17, 2001	Moved In	39
June 17, 2001	Warm and Cozy	40
June 17, 2001	Morning in Spring	41
June 17, 2001	Solar Powered!	42
August 14, 2001	Summer	43
August 31, 2001	Exterior Finishing Touches	44
September 30, 2001	Sun Sets on Exterior Work	45
December 2, 2001	The In-Floor Radiant Heating System	46
December 2, 2001	Interior Final Touches	47
December 2, 2001	Exterior Done, Grading Completed	48
June 24, 2002	Summer 2002	49
June 28, 2002	Summer Sun, Glorious Days	50
June 28, 2002	Fall/Winter 2002	51
June 28, 2002	Photo Voltaic Solar Panels	52
January 8, 2003	Wind Turbine Installation	53
January 9, 2003	Wind Power!	54
August 30, 2003	Wind and Solar Power	55
September 20, 2003	Fall Winds Power Colourful Change	56
August 16, 2008	New Solar Panels: Summer Sun Flowers Brighten Organic Vegetable Garden	57

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Roofing Half Done
This past week the roofing moved along quickly. Half the roof joists are in place and the large clerestory is a visiable space in the middle of the roof. This feature will provide us with light during the day in the kitchen and throughout most of the house. It will also provide for ventilation during the summer for cooling and venting the kitchen.

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January 20, 2001 - Claire and Ian take a leisurly stroll down the winding driveway through the trees. The house is partially visible through the trees as the sun sparkles off of the new roof joists.

January 20, 2001 - The south face of the house clearly shows the many windows which will allow sun light to heat the interior concrete floors and warm the house on these cold (-10C) days.

January 20, 2001 - Leigh stands in the spare bedroom on the second floor. Above, on the angled roof will sit solar water heating panels and solar photo voltaic panels for water heating and electricity supply. With fossil fuel prices doubling recently and expected to double again next year making heating costs go from $1,400 a year to $2,400 a year we are feeling very good about our solar powered home design.

January 20, 2001 - The design of the house takes shape. Lately it has seemed to me that the design has taken inspiration, through nature, from the native american form of "long house". This simple design seems ideally suited to the Canadian climate, warm in winter, and naturally cool in the summer.

January 20, 2001 - The simple post and beam design, tuned perfectly to the angles of the sun, mimics natures best designs. Leigh and Claire look out to the west of the house through the entirely framed walls.

January 20, 2001 - The shape, outlined in perfect blue, inspires us as we imagine the future green roof growing in the summer.

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