Construido para durar

Esta casa familiar combina materiales reciclados y estrategias de conservación de energía que darán sus frutos durante siglos.

Jonathan Orpin y Maxine Bromfield operan Nuevas obras de energía, una empresa de diseño y construcción, y Pioneer Millworks, que se ocupa de suelos recuperados y sostenibles.

In 2011 Fine Homebuilding Magazine awarded them the “new home of the year” award.

Informes Orpin,

“We approached the design and construction of our project with the principle that a well-built home stands on four legs. They are:

1. Una estructura duradera y térmicamente eficiente.

2. Sistemas mecánicos avanzados y eficientes.

3. Materiales estructurales y de acabado sostenibles.

4. Un plan adaptado a las necesidades de nuestra familia y con detalles coherentes cuidadosamente elaborados.

Lograron estos objetivos en parte mediante el uso de bloques Faswall. Como dice Orpin,

“I don’t like the vast majority of the insulated concrete forms (ICFs) available, which are made of expanded polystyrene (EPS) filled with concrete. While I admit they make a warm basement, I think they’ve got drawbacks.

“EPS blocks are vulnerable to ant infestations, and they require some fussy work to protect them from weather on the outside and general living conditions on the inside.

“I used Faswall instead. It’s a post-World War II European invention now being produced in the tiny town of Philomath, Ore. Faswall form blocks are made from 85% recycled wood-pallet stock that has been crushed, rolledin Portland cement, and molded into stackable form blocks. Plaster or stucco finishes stick tenaciously to the textured blocks.”

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