BONE Structure®, designer and builder of luxury custom homes using a patented light steel frame building technology and integrated process has broken ground on its first California net zero-energy project. The Laval (Quebec) Canada-based company with US operations managed from San Francisco, began assembly last week on the 3,200 square foot home in Stanford, CA that will meet California’s 2020 Zero Net Energy (ZNE) new home building requirements.
BONE Structure creates custom homes built from columns and beams that are laser cut in a manufacturing plant and delivered to the site for assembly. A licensed BONE Structure assembly crew of five workers will assemble the shell of the home in days, each using battery powered drill, and one type of self-tapping screw to secure the steel columns and beams in place.
Electrical, plumbing, heating and ventilation systems are easily connected thanks to precut openings acting as “highways” within the structure. Precut insulation panels clip into place between the steel columns and polyurethane foam insulation is sprayed on the exterior that tightly seals the building and acts as a vapor barrier. Together, the steel structure, insulation panels, spray insulation, and the roof create a tight, energy efficient envelope.
Read the full article “BONE Structure® breaks ground on first California net zero project” or check out the open house “Hundreds tour BONE Structure’s new net zero‐energy home in Stanford.”
