Passive house / Discussions

...Passive House performance with you home then you may want to look into such a kit, below is an image of a Passive House slab under construction with 14 inches of seamless insulation on the exterior and 12 inches below the slab. Note where the doorway is in the front of the image - that is a wood fiber / cement product ...

...passive heat gain, so you want the highest R-value windows possible to reduce heat loss.  And remember that maximising your southern exposure for passive heat gain needs to include a passive cooling strategy such as overhangs or sun shades to prevent overheating in summer or you'll be spinning your wheels and spending ...

...Passive House performance levels (though we didn’t go for Passive House certification, it's actually a LEED Platinum house), but it helped get our air leakage rate to about 0.6 ACH (here is our air barrier installation video). As for ideal window placement within a wall assembly, if you are looking for the best perform...

...Passive House, you can for sure trim that down. In some areas, achieving Passive House Certification allows you to bypass normal building codes, so your location is very important, where are you building?  And you may not know this but there are different Passive House programs, or rather different certifying bodies, l...

...House, but for a general opinion of whether or not it was worth it, I would say no, not really. That house wasn't about finding the proper balance of insulation, it was more an excercise in resilient home design and extreme passive heating.  The house is certified LEED Platinum but also meets Passive House levels of pe...

...house to passive house standards and keep it to a relatively small budget by potentially doing some of the build myself. I stumbled upon the history of ICFs and Gigacrete while researching building materials, but haven't seen a lot of passive houses built with these type of insulating materials. Is there a reason why? ...

...passive house standards. I'm finding this aspect the hardest. Any suggestions or referrals would be greatly appreciated. The fiberglass and passive house windows and doors tend to be very modern and linear and take away from the rustic traditional feel I'm going for. My want was the ancestral balcony doors from Martin ...

...Passive House, you just need to be sure to provide makeup air to avoid depressurizing the home. This page here covers all you need to know - How to install wood burning stoves and fireplaces in airtight homes such as Passive House And yes, you are correct that the chimney section that passes through the roof will const...

...house which was the first LEED V4 in Canada and it also met Passive House performance requirements even though it we didn’t seek certification.  We used the house as a teaching venue and one day when I had a class and the floor heat was not activated, but the air temperature was warm. People were asking if they could p...

...house we built in 2015 – LEED Platinum Wall Design Building Science Video This is not the only way or even the best way to build a wall, it is just what we settled on. That house is insulated with Rockwool Mineral wool insulation. Our latest demo house was insulated with dense packed cellulose insulation (recycled news...

...house on Long Island and struggling to find knowledgeable professional to make airtight passive house. Luckily I was around to correct below ground insulation in time before slab was poured, but need to plan better for above the ground. My contractor is planning foam insulation based on HERS measurements followed by ta...

...houses etc. Assuming we had engineered plans and the proper load points would it be possible to out one of the prefab homes on the piles? We have many models of prefab modular kit houses that can be seated on foundations, screw piles or slab on grade, so it really depends on the model. Currently we don’t have enough su...

...passive/net zero home (prefab/modular).   You can see all of our LEED and Passive House ready kit houses on this page here, and yes, they are available in the Eastern US seaboard, how soon are you building? There has been a lot of demand and our manufacturers are booked up until at least next summer. The best way to kn...

...house sizes per lot to make sure you are allowed to build this house there, and you’d need to make sure you respect the setbacks from adjacent property lines. Some of our kit houses are turn key and delivered complete, but the S1600 LEED Platimum prefab kit house is delivered in panels and parts that are assembled on s...

...houses for sale and in your case the S1600,  you will see a tab to request a quote. I know that demand is pretty high at the moment, how soon were you looking to build?    

...Passive home design.I'm  excited about having a passive house with low heating cost. ATWHP with hyrdonic heating and DWP is something we hope to have. Just curious about heating in cold weather. Can you give us a more specific question?  And if you're looking for a Realtor with experience in high-performance homes for ...

...houses are available in Washington  and California? If so, when are you building?  We hope to be able to provide high performance modular prefab kit houses to in the Western US states in the near future. 

...house but it's a passive home done with Larsen Truss. I used closed web I-joist( made from 2x3 and osb). Can I mount to this without worry? Thanks Whether or not Larsen trusses are strong enough on their own to carry weight without sagging depends on how they are fastened and if they are resting on anything solid. Here...