Circular Gallery Hall

Circular gallery hall with rough-wood vigas leading from the entry with plenty of stone tile and plaster to act as passive solar thermal mass. Inspired by the architecture of the Pueblo Indians, the NZE Moore house was designed by Doerr Architecture to create more energy than it uses, a net-zero energy home. This extremely green Colorado Rocky Mountain home's southwestern style features stucco, traditional turquoise colored windows, rough-wood vigas, and salvaged columns. The US Energy Star program states that a standard new home has a HERS (Home Energy Rating System) score of 100. The better a home performs, the lower its HERS score. The green building strategies used on the Moore Studio earned it an amazing and verified HERS score of -3; one of a few houses in the US to ever do this. This residential design is featured in architect Thomas Doerr's book “Passive Solar Simplified: Easily design a truly green home for Colorado and the West”. See how to save over 80% of your home’s energy without complicated formulas or extraneous information. Learn more at http://PassiveSolarSimplified.com