Off-grid and green in Boise.
We provide construction and permit drawings, acquire the permits and deliver full turnkey construction in the Boise area: residential, multi-family, commercial and non-profit.
A city that already heats with the earth.
In the early 1890s a local water company found hot water rising east of Boise and piped it to nearby homes and businesses. It was the nation’s first geothermal district heating system, and it is still running.
Boise also has a voluntary Green Building Code: a roadmap for builders and developers who want to go beyond the minimum requirements of the current code on energy efficiency, materials and conservation, with planning and development incentives and project recognition in return.
A Biotecture building works on the same idea at the scale of one house: thermal mass and the steady temperature of the earth, charged by the sun, doing the work of a furnace and an air conditioner.
Boise and geothermal energy Heating + cooling
New build or retrofit.
The same systems apply to any conventional building. Add one, or add all four and go completely off-grid.
Start your Boise project.
Off-grid living is legal; the building needs a permit. We’ll draw it to code and take it through.