The Breezeway House, located in Millcreek Township (near Salt
Lake City), has been certified by the Passive House Institute of the United
States as a Certified Passive House. It is the first building in the western U.S. to earn
the designation.
A
Certified Passive House is constructed using some of the world's strictest
energy efficiency standards and a very rigorous design methodology which
includes windows without thermal bridges, passive solar heat, air-tight
construction, energy-recovery mechanical ventilation, and proper solar shading
to prevent over-heating.
“We need
to start relying on smart design and low-energy passive solutions,” said
architect Dave Brach. His firm Brach Design Architecture designed the house,
which was constructed last May and completed in December.
The
Breezeway House is a three-bedroom, 2.5 bath home with about 2,800 finished sq.
ft. of living space and a stone patio with a built-in steel and canvas shading
frame for outdoor dining. The home also features a 2.2 kilowatt solar array and
hot water solar panels.
SLC ‘Passive' House is first in western U.S.
May 25, 2010
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