Private
Housing:
Fjaell,
Sandsound
Completed in 1995, this house has bedrooms on the lowest level with the main
living accommodation above it. The compact plan, high levels of insulation
and passive solar gains from the sun space make for an energy efficient design.
Contractor:
R & R Builders
Two houses, Fair Isle
Two houses incorporating passive solar porches, solar water
panels and wind turbine.
Massie House, South Whiteness
Late Bronze and Iron Age settlements at Jarlshof and Scatness
have inspired the building form which is completely integrated
into the landscape, with only the entrance and the living
accommodation left protruding out of the hillside.
Sheltering the highly insulated building envelope will reduce
the energy requirements of the house down to very low levels
and it will be powered using solar panels and photovoltaic
cells run through a UPS battery system.
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