Owner(s): Bowes
Region: Guelph/Kitchener/Waterloo
Municipality: Guelph
Email: rbowes@rlproyalcity.com

Number of bedrooms: 3
Number of bathrooms: 2
Usable floor area, square feet (interior): 1650
Building footprint, square feet: 1800
Number of stories: 2
Occupancy date: Dec 13 2008

Builder arrangement: Contractor
Main contractor name: Ben Polley
Main contractor company: Evolve
Architect's name: Len Ward
Length of time to build (start to occupancy): Less than a year.
Volunteer participation: some
Ease of obtaining a building permit: Easy

Paints used on bale wall plaster: Farrow & Ball

Mechanical systems info: Radiant heat floors (propane);
Electrical systems info: Grid (Bull Frog Power)
Other green features: used wood from our lot to make trim, baseboards, window sills, door jams, locally sourced wood doors, kitchen made in Quebec
Anything else you'd like to share?: This structure is sited to benefit from solar gain in the winter months and has overhangs to limit solar gain in the summer months as well as operable window that allow passive venting in the summer months. There is no mechanical cooling.