Exactly ten years ago my firm began designing our first Passive House. I had taken Passive House training in 2008 and at that time only a handful had been built. I knew that the only way to develop local interest… read more →
Our office participated in the Global Climate Strike that is happening Sept. 20th-27th. We joined thousands of people in DC to interrupt business as usual and voice our concern of inaction to the looming Climate Crisis. … read more →
Weather has been a huge factor as O’Neill Development has struggled to pour concrete walls and complete backfilling in between unprecedented rainstorms. All concrete for the house proper is now in place and considerable backfilling has been accomplished. Work is… read more →
After extensive excavation on a difficult site, the footings were poured this week, and as I write this post, the formwork for the basement walls is going up. What makes the site so difficult is the steep slope and the… read more →
Site work has begun on our newest net zero home. The builder is O’Neill Development, with whom we have worked on all of our Passive Houses. The first step was to de-construct the original house, in which the owners had… read more →
My family just spent two weeks of Christmas vacation in the 1850 SF farmhouse we renovated last year. You can learn more about the renovation on that blog. Here is how it performed with a family of 5 plus… read more →
Good reading here in the blog of Katrin Klingenberg (Passive House Institute -US Director)… http://blog.phius.org/healthy-buildings-part-1-9-principles/
This project is personal: the renovation of our family’s house in Maine. It is a work in progress. The goal has been to take care of a century of deferred maintenance and to make the house as energy-efficient as possible… read more →
On Saturday, April 15 Tom and Joyce moved into their new home. There is still work to be done in completing the garage and landscaping but the house interior is totally complete right on deadline. A couple of weeks before, they opened… read more →
We are getting near completion of the project, as painters are busy finishing walls and trim and we continue to await the arrival of the high pressure laminate paneling for the exterior. We are now told that that will be in the… read more →