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Extreme Makeover Home Edition

 
We were recently involved in the ABC production of "Extreme Makeover Home Edition" in Pinion Arizona.  Below are the areas we were assisted:
  • Building Envelope Insulation: Thermal Control Membrane
  • Attic Thermal Protection: RBS Chips
  • Crawlspace Insulation: Thermal Control Membrane
  • Solar Domestic Hot Water and Space Heating: Assisted in the original designs
  • Solar Electric: Photovoltaic panel and tracking assembly
  • Solar Daylighting: Installed five tubular skylights

The Yazzi family home being destroyed by a loader
 
 
Part of our crew who helped with the photo voltaic solar system, one of three.
Shown here is a Zomeworks tracker which uses the heat from the sun to track it.
 
 
The hot air panel built by Garret Yazzi at age 13
to heat the original trailer with heat from the sun.
 
 
 
Construction went 24/7 until finished 140 hours later
 
 
The entire project was wrapped Thermal Control Membrane
around the perimiter and below the floor in the crawlspace.
 
 
A night shot of Thermal Control Membrane installed on the project. 
This wrap will keep heat out during the summer and heat in during the winter. 
 
 
One of three Zomeworks trackers standing guard on the South side
 
 
One bank of two panels used to heat water for domestic hot water and heat
 
 
The heat exchanger being installed in the 2000 gallon water tank. 
 
 
Solar manifold piping for domestic hot water and space heating
 
 
One of two solar hot air heaters
 
 
The intake and supply for the hot air heater look like this on the inside walls
 
 
Pure spectrum light fills the kitchen and bath with sunlight provided by tubular skylights
manufactured by Natural Light Inc.  Click here to visit their web site,
Tubular skylights bring in pure spectrum light without the heat of a light bulb.
The rest of the home has highly efficient LED lights provided by Alter Air Corporation
 
 
Finished project 10/07
 
Warning to contractors considering involvement in the Extreme Makeover Home Edition projects:
DO NOT become involved!  ABC will promise you exposure but you may not get it. This project had
the potential for showing the public how energy conservation ideas, products and designs could be
implemented in new construction but fell far short of this goal.  A goal that we were told up front
was a high priority for the show since it had not been done previously.
 


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