200-Year-Old Stone House in Switzerland Renovated to Achieve High Energy Conservation Standards

This beautiful 1814 stone house in the <a title="1814 Stone Home is Restored Achieving Swiss Minergie Standards" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss" target="_blank">Swiss</a> mountains has been carefully restored by <a title="1814 Stone Home is Restored Achieving Swiss Minergie Standards" href="http://www.sf-ar.ch/" target="_blank">Savioz Fabrizzi Architects</a>, bringing it up to contemporary standards while retaining its historical charm. The home's exteriors were left almost untouched, but a number of energy-efficient upgrades helped the home to achieve the Swiss <a title="1814 Stone Home is Restored Achieving Swiss Minergie Standards" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minergie" target="_blank">Minergie</a> energy conservation standard.

This rural house in Chamoson was made habitable again thanks to new exposed concrete walls and polished screed floors.

The added materials match the grey shade while only a few elements like the kitchen aisle ad a hint of color to the interiors.

A layer of concrete and foamed recycled glass (Misapor) was used to provide thermal insulation and 75 square foot of solar panels on its roof gather free energy.

The former window apertures have been retained and some new larger ones were added for gaining natural light in and views into the mountains.

The combination of good thermal insulation, controlled ventilation and energy from renewable sources, made this house achieve the Swiss Minergie energy conservation standard.

In harmony with its surroundings, this renovated stone house keeps its original character but its p to date with new technologies.