[Greenbuilding] Sustainable Post & Beam Construction

[Clarke Olsen]

Great concept as a cabin in the woods. As a house in the 21st century, it's how to use the most lumber to create achieve
the leakiest structure, with the lowest R value.
Clarke Olsen
clarkeolsendesign.com
373 route 203
Spencertown, NY 12165 
USA
518-392-4640
colsen at taconic.net




On Oct 28, 2013, at 6:19 PM, Lynelle Hamilton <lynelle at lahamilton.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> I am posting this for a friend who wants a post and beam home (round logs), but one as efficient as possible.  He has plans, and we've had the discussion about size, etc., but he would like me to pick the group's collective brains about how to best get the style (or the look) and not have a energy-sucking behemoth. Timber walls and vaulted ceilings don't seem to add up to sustainable from an operating standpoint.
> 
> Any advice at all?  Anyone know of someone in Eastern Ontario who would be a knowledgeable builder of such a structure?
> 
> Many thanks.
> 
> Lynelle
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