Demonstrating High Performance.

The outside compressor is mounted on brackets on the north wall and the inside air handler is directly above it on the loft wall - this configuration made the line set as short and unobtrusive as possible. DOUBLE-STUD WALL The walls are 113/4 in. thick with an outer 2x4 bearing wall on 24-in. centers married to an inner 2x4 wall by way of plywood gussets at 48-in. vertical centers. FEATURES As soon as my contractor's license came in the mail, I broke ground on a superinsulated, all-electric, net-zero house - my personal first, and the first one in my village of Spring Green, Wis. (population 1641; climate zone 6). The vapor retarder was hung long and the drywall stopped short by 6 in. at the bottom of each window and at the top of each wall section, which provided enough room for the cellulose blower hose to fit into. [Extracted from the article]