Owner(s): Ian Montgomery
Region: Belleville/Madoc/Kaladar Region
Municipality: Madoc

Usable floor area, square feet (interior): 1900
Number of stories: one and one half
Occupancy date: Dec. '05

Designer's name: Dale Brownson adapted my concept
Length of time to build (start to occupancy): Fall '04 piers poured: April '05 started in earnest for occupation late '05
Other foundation info: timber frame by Whipple Tree Post and Beam - berock-anchored poured concrete piers supporting "laminated" 2 x 10 joists and 2" t&g deck
Other roof system info: living roof based on 2"t&g, epdm membrane and 5" tapering to 2" sprayed foam
Other insulation materials used: roxall, sm (NB there is a composite wall on 2nd floor)

Other bale wall style info: hemp bales to create curvature of walls and building
Straw type: Hemp

Other information about windows: recycled or seconds
Mechanical systems info: German style high efficiency wood stove, vented chimney column, passive solar Cooling source: bales, living roof and lots of opening/closing windows
Electrical systems info: micro hydro
Anything else you'd like to share?: circular (16-sided hexidecagon), living roof Water collection/distribution system: well and pump traditional septic bed