Shoes lined the sidewalk at the Logan Wiggins House on the Center for Resource Conservation’s Green & Solar Homes Tour last Saturday, September 26th in Boulder, Colorado.

A full house of shoeless visitors learn about zero energy homes and greenbuilding at the Logan Wiggins House

The tour was hosted by homeowners Jim Logan (of Jim Logan Architects) and Sherry Wiggins.  The home was sponsored on the CRC’s Solar & Green Home Tour by Populus Sustainable Design Consulting, who provided the energy modeling and LEED for Homes Green Rater services on the home.  The all-electric home, which goes beyond net zero and beyond carbon neutral, was inspired by Logan’s effort to reduce his carbon footprint to a level that would be sustainable for the planet.  With a negative HERS Index score, the Logan Wiggins Home generates enough additional electricity to charge a plug-in electric vehicle.

David Neiger of Populus explains the energy efficient features of this zero energy home

David Neiger of Populus spent the day in the jam-packed mechanical room explaining the high-performance and green features of this net zero Boulder home.  David taught visitors about building science and the workings of heat-recovery ventilation and ground source heat pumps, while Mike Vail of Water Legacy highlighted the home’s graywater system.

Erik Warner of Namaste Solar was also on-site during the tour, answering questions about the 9.9 kw photovoltaic array on the home.  Namaste Solar provided the grid-tied PV System for the home, while Aircraft installed the Earthlinked Technologies ground source heat pump.  The home also incorporates Serious Materials’ (formerly Alpen) triple pane double Heat Mirror windows.

Populus is a full service sustainable design consulting firm that focuses on high performance, net-zero and near-net-zero custom residential and multi-family projects.  Populus guides architects and builders through the requirements of mandatory green building codes and optional green home certification programs, providing HERS rating, LEED for Homes Green Rater services and LEED for Homes training.  Visit Populus at www.popboulder.com.

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