The VISION House at Mariposa Meadows is Green Builder Media’s first off-grid, self-sufficient, resilient, and carbon neutral demonstration project.
Surrounded by millions of acres of national forest in the San Juan mountains of Colorado near Telluride, the VISION House at Mariposa Meadows unites extraordinary design, extreme performance, innovative products and intelligent technology.
The VISION House at Mariposa Meadows features a wide spectrum of sustainable solutions, from high performance building envelope systems to renewables to enabling technologies, extending into areas such as wildfire risk mitigation, intelligent water, waste reduction, clean mobility solutions, onsite food production, and ecosystem protection.
While our vision for Mariposa Meadows is big, our footprint is small. Like with every good building project, we’re doing our best to respect the privacy and solitude of our neighbors—namely, the moose, elk, and beaver. Our master plan is efficient—you won’t see any McMansions or oversized structures on Mariposa Meadows, and everything that we’ve built to date has been so precise that we are net zero-waste (nary a dumpster on the jobsite!)
The VISION House at Mariposa Meadows, shown here in an artistic rendering,will consist of three entirely self-sufficient, off-grid structures: Atrium Duet—two living units connected by a central enclosed atrium/living space; Aspen Cabin—two story structure with open loft; and Studio—two story structure with garage on first floor and studio on second floor.
Nudura ICFs were used in Phase 1 at the VISION House at Mariposa Meadows. Donation by the CICFI.
From concept to reality ... Mariposa Meadows' structures came to life at the "SIPs Raising," which happened in October. The high-performance panels, provided by AFM Technologies, are the perfect building solution for the extreme weather of the Colorado Rockies. As part of the project, SIPA and Green Builder Media will analyze the performance of the SIPs.
SIPA panels and Norbord pointSIX Durastrand Flooring.
Boise Cascade 6000 Series I-Joists and Norbord products are part of this super efficient building envelope.
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Here are the eco-landmarks we navigate by as we create this sustainable enclave.
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