Pasture Project is a Low-Energy Communal Home in Holladay, Utah

A tight-knit Utah family was in the market for a low-energy home that would not only reinforce their relationship with one another but also with their surrounding environment. So they called upon <a href="http://www.imbuedesign.com/">Salt Lake City's Imbue Design</a> to create a home that uses a variety of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passive_solar_building_design">passive design elements</a> to ensure that very few mechanical systems are required to keep it comfortable. Placed in a pristine pasture in Holladay, this lovely home commands stellar views of Mt. Olympus.

The owners of the Pasture Project in Utah wanted a home that would reinforce their connection with one another and the surrounding environment

Imbue designed the home to optimize views of the landscape and maximize winter heat gain and summer cooling

The home relies on passive design and cross ventilation for all of its cooling needs. There is no A/C system.

Tall windows and a large glass wall permit plenty of daylighting and separate the distinction between the indoors and outdoors

Large overhangs provide shading, which in turn reduces cooling loads in summer

At 2,800 square feet, the pasture project is not small, but it does involve a very efficient use of space that definitely respects its natural surroundings.