By Matt, We incorporated passive house design elements in the building of our net-zero home. The house is positioned with…
By Tracee The results are in! We’re very excited to share that our house achieved a -3 HERS rating score,…
By Matt Since we have point source heating we want to monitor what the temperatures of individuals rooms are that…
Solar Connection started putting our solar energy system on our south facing roof on Friday and today the panels are…
By Matt While any house build is an arduous journey we had the added complication of wondering if we would…
The rise of air conditioning and the fall of vernacular architecture By Tracee Air conditioning was invented in 1902 to…
By Matt Synopsis If everything goes right (tightly sealed, well insulated, high solar gain) we have the potential to only…
By Matt We currently are renting a 2,165 square foot house built in the late 90’s located in Northeast Rochester. The…
By Matt We positioned one of the long faces of the house approximately due south so that we could capture…