Ziger/Snead offers in-house passive house consulting services registered through the Passive House Institute US (PHIUS). Our firm believes Passive House is the most effective means to design and build comfortable, healthy, durable, sustainable, and energy efficient buildings at an affordable cost.
Passive House New England follows the design and build process for a new home being constructed to comply with the rigorous Passive House standard. Chief among the criteria is a 10-fold reduction in space conditioning energy. The project is a collaboration between ZeroEnergy Design (designing the architecture and mechanical systems) and Aedi Construction (the general contractor managing the build portion of the project).
Blog maintained by Stephen Tanner, architect of the first passiv house in the USA.
The Passive House Institute US (PHIUS) is a consulting and research firm working to further the implementation of passive house standards and techniques nationwide by constructing, measuring, and verifying performance of passive houses in all US climate zones, creating design guidelines for passive houses in all climate zones, providing energy calculation and consulting services, …
A non-profit organization committed to designing delightful and energy-efficient buildings to especially serve low- to middle-income families, providing them with safe, affordable, and environmentally healthy homes. Projects. Services: energy consulting, monitoring performance, experimental construction projects, educating.