Home takes sustainable living to the next level

The home of Jonathan and O’Malley Stoumen encompasses sustainable design and architecture unlike any other in the Truckee-Tahoe area.

Jon Stoumen, a part-time Truckee resident, designed and is building the 3,000-square-foot home on the west shore of Donner Lake that is at once comfortably modern and unabashedly eco-friendly. Stoumen’s home takes green building to the next level by merging highly efficient materials and design.
The Summit Creek home, which it was aptly named for its location on the creek’s bank, uses solar systems to create hot water and electricity, hydronic radiant floor heating with a 90 percent efficient natural gas boiler, and a variety of recycled woods and other materials to meet Stoumen’s goal of building an efficient, low-impact home in an intense climate.

“My wife and I desire to have a positive impact on the planet,” Jon Stoumen said. “You can create the same comfort and convenience with low operational costs and almost no maintenance.”

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