PROJECTS | Residential
A Healthy Net Zero House
The house was conceived as a dwelling that would have minimal impact on its surroundings and connect to its adjacent 250 acres of conservation land.
This new home is designed to be energy saving, healthy, and lower cost compared to the average home price in the area. It has 3 bedrooms and 3.5 baths all en-suite. The central space of the house is a double height living space open to a garden patio for three-season enjoyment. Other features include a dining room convertible to a media room, home offices, and a work-out studio/painter’s studio above a garage.
This new home is designed to be energy saving, healthy, and lower cost compared to the average home price in the area. It has 3 bedrooms and 3.5 baths all en-suite. The central space of the house is a double height living space open to a garden patio for three-season enjoyment. Other features include a dining room convertible to a media room, home offices, and a work-out studio/painter’s studio above a garage.
In the portion of town with rolling hills, this family wanted to expand the house and bring its rooms into a refreshing new design which matched the lifestyle of this family and framed views of the terrain.
Set on 13 acres of raw land, this house is sited where cattle once grazed near a “barway” on the state line between New York and Connecticut. The driveway was the beaten pathway through the woods. So the house is designed to have several fronts, as you approach it, to the barway, and to a glacial rock outpouring, beautiful to see in the winter.
Passive House, not only for houses but for all building types – existing and new – distinguishes itself from other standards and guidelines in its focus on occupant comfort and reliable heating and cooling savings. Passive House buildings are ready for a future of electrification, high utility costs, and increasingly frequent extreme weather. The primary design elements include high performance windows, facades with a greater amount of insulation and designed to be airtight, and a highly efficient and separate ventilation system.
