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Bella Vista Residence

White Salmon, Washington

This house designed in a fairly contemporary manner is located 800’ above the Columbia River takes advantages of the view, the solar passive gain and to minimize the gorge winds by with the geometry of the house.

The floor plan consists of a core of utilities, laundry and garbage storage on the first floor and bathrooms on the second floor with the south and view facing rooms wrapping around it on 3 sides. Because the core is on the north side, the amount of north facing windows are minimized which helps to minimize heat loss. The vast majority of the windows and openings are on the south and west sides. The house will incorporate hydronic radiant heated floors on the main level and hydronic radiant wall heaters on the second floor. A 14’ long solar hot water panel will supply the hot water for this hydronic system. Also a 3 kilowahtt/hour (KWH) photovoltaic array will provide a majority of the power for this house. There will also be a 1,500 gallon cistern located just east of the house for use to store water for landscaping needs. The construction is due to be completed in mid-late 2007.