Cascade Built Blog
July 9, 2009
Can we make it a Passive House?
Posted by admin, 6:25 PM
Wouldn’t you know it, just as soon as I pessemistically described the local market demand for passive houses in 2009, one popped up. A client is doing an ADU (Accessory Dwelling Unit) to use as a studio on their property and said yes, let’s target passive house standards. It’s too early to say whether we’ll be able to achieve that (solar access is sub-optimal on the site due to mature trees, among other possible barriers), but it’s certainly not too late to incorporate the concepts – eliminate thermal bridges, airtight design, super insulation, triple glazing, etc.
