Borowski Solargon in Glen Haven

Just a few miles out of Estes Park, Colorado along the North Fork is the little town of Glen Haven, site of the latest Solargon 30 project. Glen Haven is a very small town with a market and the Glen Haven Inn. Coffee is 25 cents at the market, and as soon as you arrive in town you are leaving town. Take the switchbacks out of the valley to the top of the hill and you find the view below of Longs Peak in Estes Park.

Above is the crown beam assembly with rafters which supports the R-42 roof panels.

View from the driveway with most of the roof panels installed.

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Stewart Solargon 30 Addition

  The Stewart Solargon project located in Longmont, Colorado has broken ground. They plan on using their Solargon for a master suite complete with a link to the existing house. A small brook will flow under an arched opening below the link.

Pictured above is the stepped foundation ready for the concrete pour.

 

Willett Solargon Update

The Willett Solargon Project started last summer with the connection of two Solargon 30's and a bathroom/entry link in between. This summer they have been busy working on the inside. The kitchen now has the new cabinets. They have also installed drywall and the hand railings to the loft as shown here.

Solargon 20

Pictured above is a Solargon 20 being dismantled. This was the show model for Ellie's Eco Home Store in Boulder Colorado. The store has since closed and the building will be reused.

Colorado Solargon

In the sweet little town of Paonia, Colorado there is a home.

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Intelligent Dwelling

 

 Changes toward a greener energy policy here in the U.S. move slowly. Natural gas seems to be a cleaner chose but is it? There always seems to be costs to the environment and as the demand rises so will the cost of any energy source. The logic still comes back to conservation. Energy not spent is energy saved. Low consumption is savings which leads to this thought. Eat a meal and you are fueled for several hours. A good pair of shoes may last you a year. Buy a good car and have it for several years but when it comes to a living space, it should last you the rest of your life.
 Start with a very efficient building and you greatly lower your demand for energy. Low demand equals savings and over the lifetime of the building the saving more than compensate for the investment in efficiency. There is no doubt that the cost of energy will go up. As a builder and designer I know of no other building system that offers better saving than the Solargon SIPs component systems. Efficient and intelligent designs give you great savings.

Solargon 30

Solargon 30 looking up at the skylight from the kitchen.