Bill Resch's Home

A Green Home in New Albany, Ohio

The home features highly functional and practical green home building strategies that result in his home being one of the premier green homes in Ohio. Specifically, the home includes passive and energy efficient design strategies that help reduce the buildings energy losses and improve the operating efficiencies of the appliances within the home. The home is powered by a photovoltaic system, and is heated and cooled using a geothermal heat pump system. Additionally, the outdoor landscape is designed such that the home has minimal water runoff by featuring a water catchment pond, and two rain gardens. To learn more about the home, we invite you to embark on a virtual tour of the home. 

Visit our website pages to learn more about each topic included in this tour: 

Passive Design Energy Efficiency Other
Building Orientation Insulation Photovoltaics
Natural Lighting Radiant Floor Heating Geothermal
Reduced Air Infiltration  Heat Pump Space Conditioning Water
Energy-efficient Windows Energy-efficient Lighting  

 

 

Introduction

 

 

Architectural Design

 

 

Solar Design

 

 

HVAC and Energy

 

 

Water Retention and Conservation