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Philips Residence

This home features rammed earth walls, cotton batt insulation, radiant heating and other green features.

Address:
Pittsboro, NC
Pittsboro, NC 27513
Chatham County

One and one half story residence

Site Conditions: Stream or other running water, Previously developed land, Limited site disturbance, Limited building size

South Face of Phillips Residence

(Photo: Terry Green)

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Green building techniques, strategies, and technologies
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Quality management

	Technology	Description	Docs
1	Post commissioning monitoring	Electricty, LP and firewood monitored

Site

	Technology	Description	Docs
1	East & west shading	Existing trees on east and west sides were left unharmed for shading.
2	South facing orientation	Glazing is equal to 25% of the floor area on southern exposure; however, glazing equal to approximately 15% of the floor area on the southern exposure is not shaded by coniferous trees.

Water

	Technology	Description	Docs
1	Native plants	Native grasses were used

Energy

	Technology	Description	Docs
1	High performance glazing	Norco double pane argon filled, low E, aluminum clad windows
2	On-demand water heating	Rinnai LP on-demand
3	Passive solar heating strategies	Rammed earth walls (9’ high, 2’ thick) and 4” concrete slab-on-grade that is insulated with 1” of polystyrene foam are used for thermal mass.
4	Passive cooling strategies	Rammed earth walls, shading and no A/C
5	Daylighting	Properly placed windows provide natural light from multiple angles

Materials

	Technology	Description	Docs
1	Recycling of construction/demolition waste	Used concrete forms for studs and other forms, 1x6 T&G for crafts
2	Salvaged fixtures used	Light fixture in living room, cast iron tub, range, refrigerator, washer/dryer
3	Recycled materials used in wall	Cotton Batt insulation made from recycled denim production was used in the exterior wall insulation.
4	Recycled materials used in doors/windows	Recycled front door, courtyard gate
5	Local material use	Local earth (Moore County soil), cedar posts, lookout braces and trim
6	On-site manufacturing	Rammed earth mixed and rammed on site.
7	Environmental life-cycle analysis	PVC containing materials were minimized to avoid toxicity issues in production, potential fire and disposal. PVC was used only in electrical conduit in the rammed earth walls and waste lines.
8	Non-toxic outdoor wood treatment	Cedar posts, cedar shingles, other wood left un-coated.
9	Optimum-value engineering	LVL used for main structural beam

Indoor environment

	Technology	Description	Docs
1	Construction IAQ strategies	Rammed earth walls, earthen plasters, organic sealers
2	Natural ventilation strategies	Operable windows combined with Tamarac whole house fan provide efficeint ventilation.
3	Daylighting	Southern orientation combined with large efficient windows provide an abundance of light from many angles.
4	Innovative low noise system	Rammed earth walls in testing provide a 60 db reduction in sound transmittance per 12” of wall thickness.
5	Low-emitting materials - other	Rammed earth walls, earthen plasters, cotton batt insulation, concrete floor, low VOC paints, minimal use of paints and coatings
6	Low maintenance materials	Rammed earth walls, concrete floor, earthen plasters, tile counters, tile shower, concrete courtyard wall caps

Other Innovations

	Description	Docs
1	Rammed earth walls; Cotton batt insulation; Rammed earth courtyard; Illuminated niches in rammed earth walls; Strata lines in rammed earth walls; Radiant barrier; House will be submitted for Energy Star certification; Modest size home of 1050 sf

Specialty Contact Information

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General Project Contact

Daxx Terry Green

Phone: 910.691.1390
Email: DaxxTerryGreen@Gmail.com

Relationship to the project: Sub Contractor

Project Team

	Involvement	Stage	Name/Address	Phone
1	Owner/developer	Design/Construction	Gary Philips . Pittsboro, NC 27513	919.929.5658
2	Architect	Design/Construction	Giles Blunden 203 West Weaver St. Carrboro, NC 27510	919.967.8505
3	Engineer - structural	Design/Construction	Excel Engineering - Rob Munach PE NC 27312 xlengr@pobox.com	919.542.7578
4	Contractor - electrical	Design/Construction	Green Line Electrical - Darek Orocz Carrboro, NC 27510	919.968.0442
5	Contractor - plumbing	Design/Construction	Clear Water Plumbing - Frank Partin Pittsboro, NC 27312	919.837.0038
6	HVAC consultant	Design/Construction	Solar Consultants - Tom Wills Chapel Hill, NC wills@schsr.unc.edu	919.815.8203
7	Sub - Rammed Earth, Design	Design/Construction	Daxx Terry Green 413 B Church Street Wilmington, NC 28401 DaxxTerryGreen@Gmail.com	910.691.1390
8	Sub - Design, Framing, Windows, Roofing	Design/Construction	Red Dirt Natural Builders - Mike Calhoun Pittsboro, NC 27312 Red_Dirt22@Hotmail.com	919.663.5767