The project involves the sustainable reimagination of an existing 1950’s ranch house in the Hathaway Park neighborhood of San Jose. By retaining the existing concrete slab and the 1,640/sf footprint of the home, the impacts on the existing foundation and amount of new concrete required were minimal. The 100% electrically powered home also employs passive heating and cooling design features such as operable north facing skylights that provide natural daylight year-round and release hot air when the temperature rises. The new Entry Porch, with a privacy screen of wooden slats, adds a dynamic feature along the street to distinguish the home from the identical one-story gabled structures commonplace in the neighborhood.