{"id":608804,"date":"2009-12-04T05:06:20","date_gmt":"2009-12-04T10:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ecofriend.org\/entry\/eco-homes-mclean-architects-beacon-offers-sustainable-suburban-living\/"},"modified":"2009-12-04T05:06:20","modified_gmt":"2009-12-04T10:06:20","slug":"eco-homes-mclean-architects%e2%80%99-beacon-offers-sustainable-suburban-living","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/608804","title":{"rendered":"Eco Homes: McLean Architects\u2019 Beacon offers sustainable suburban living"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2009\/12\/04\/beacon-mclean-architects_1_2yGdm_69.jpg?w=780\" alt=\"beacon mclean architects_1\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Eco Factor:<\/strong> Energy-saving house relies on passive solar gain. <\/p>\n<p>Don McLean of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcleanarchitects.co.uk\/\">McLean Architects<\/a> has designed a sustainable house for his family that offers green suburban living in a challenging site north of Glasgow. Dubbed the Beacon, the house is located on a south facing site, which maximizes passive solar heat gain to reduce overall energy consumption. <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2009\/12\/04\/beacon-mclean-architects_2_zyG98_69.jpg?w=780\" alt=\"beacon mclean architects_2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The house is constructed from Insulated Concrete Formwork that provides heavily insulated and airtight construction of high structural integrity. The roof section facilitates passive solar gain from the low-sun path in the winter months. <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2009\/12\/04\/beacon-mclean-architects_3_OEb5u_69.jpg?w=780\" alt=\"beacon mclean architects_3\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The house also features glass doors and windows that maximize natural lighting. Primary heating is provided by an air source heat pump working in tandem with an under-floor heating system that reduces energy consumption by up to 40%. <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2009\/12\/04\/beacon-mclean-architects_4_1bN7L_69.jpg?w=780\" alt=\"beacon mclean architects_4\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Via: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldarchitecturenews.com\/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&#038;upload_id=12898\">WorldArchitectureNews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eco Factor: Energy-saving house relies on passive solar gain. Don McLean of McLean Architects has designed a sustainable house for his family that offers green suburban living in a challenging site north of Glasgow. Dubbed the Beacon, the house is located on a south facing site, which maximizes passive solar heat gain to reduce overall [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":421,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-608804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2ynq","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/421"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=608804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608804\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}