Madrona
MADRONA The wall assembly at Madrona Passive House represents an effort to move Passive House detailing even closer to standard
MADRONA The wall assembly at Madrona Passive House represents an effort to move Passive House detailing even closer to standard
KARUNA If the Passive House wall assembly at Karuna House had a catch phrase it would be “design unfettered.” The
GLASSWOOD As a Passive House retrofit project (the first such effort on a commercial building in North America) Glasswood presented
HEAT PUMPS The advanced envelope of a high performance building pushes heating and cooling loads down to very low levels.
HEAT RECOVERY VENTILATION A heat recovery ventilator, or HRV, is a fresh air system that preserves indoor warmth (or cool) inside
HIGH PERFORMANCE WINDOWS (& DOORS) If we could just build buildings like thermoses – big thick walls with no windows – then
RAIN SCREEN Despite their name, rain screens’ main claim to fame is not the screening of rain. That’s what siding
WRB While a building’s cladding provides the first line of defense against bulk water intrusion, the WRB or water-resistive barrier,
THERMAL BRIDGE-FREE CONSTRUCTION A thermal bridge is any component in a building assembly that “bridges” inside and outside thermally, allowing
CONTINUOUS INSULATION “Super-insulate” is a rallying cry in high performance building for good reason; by wrapping a thermal layer around
AIR BARRIER Airtightness is where it all begins with high performance building, because by controlling air movement we control heat
ADVANCED BUILDING ENVELOPE The conservation-first approach to high performance building starts with the advanced building envelope. Guided by physics and building