Loffredo Residence from southeast

Preliminary concept sketch.

Loffredo Residence passive solar systems summer and winter.

South Elevation from Construction Documents.

Loffredo Residence showing retractable multilayered self-inflating insulation curtain, in three sections, in Trombe air space. The curtain is in the lowered position in wintertime nighttime and during summertime daytime. The curtain was invented and patented in 1980 by the late Ron Shore, a teacher at the Colorado Rocky Mountain School (Solar Applications Laboratory) in Carbondale, Colorado (see: http://www.builditsolar.com/Experimental/HighRShades/shadesf.pdf)

Loffredo Residence site in the Rocky Mountains. During hot summer daytime, the multi-layered reflective curtain is automatically lowered to shade the southern thermal mass wall.

Loffredo solarium with awning vent window under lower glass edge drip.

Loffredo Residence building section details through Trombe wall and Solarium.

Loffredo Residence north side has very few windows.

Loffredo Residence during construction showing unglazed Trombe wall. Solarium construction is not visible at this stage.