Passive Homes provide superior thermal comfort, indoor air quality, and resiliency and do it with much less energy than code-built homes.
With better thermal comfort, you may find that you are simply functioning better in general. During the cold months, people generally experience more respiratory problems, sickness, and poor sleep and are continually adjusting their heaters to get comfortable. Passive homes will keep you feeling warm and toasty without all the fuss. During the hot months, cramping, heat exhaustion, and poor sleep are frequent in code-built homes. Opening your windows in hopes that your overheated house will cool down during the night will be a thing of the past.
How can you tell if your house has poor indoor air quality? You may notice some of your rooms are musty even though you regularly clean and dust them. Also, have you ever had a headache, fatigue, or shortness of breath and noticed that it went away when you left a building? These things can all be attributed to poor indoor air quality. Passive homes include equipment that continually pulls stale air out of the kitchen, restrooms, and laundry rooms while simultaneously providing fresh air to the living room and bedrooms. You will feel refreshed when you walk into the spaces of your passive home due to its superior indoor air quality.
Passive Homes are very resilient because they are designed and built by the best, most knowledgeable people in the industry. Every finish material, adhesive, and fastener is carefully chosen by professionals to make sure it is the best option for your home in your climate. Furthermore, each design is simulated in an energy model to make sure the temperature stays comfortable year-round while using an aggressively low amount of energy.
Ricky Burns is our in-house passive consultant and can work with you on your new design from beginning to end.
