The Builder’s Notes

Clarum is currently designing our first passive home in Palo Alto, California. It will be located in the Southgate neighborhood adjacent to Stanford University and Palo Alto High School. We’ll be under construction in the fall. Check back with us for more info. If you are interested in owning this Palo Alto passive home or having a passive home designed or built for you, send us an email. sean@clarum.com   UPDATE: Our Palo Alto Passive Home is getting near to completion.


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First Certified Passive Home in San Mateo County & Menlo Park, California We are well under way on our first custom Passive Home in Menlo Park. The house is scheduled to be finished in late May. You may be wondering….what exactly is a passive house? A Passive Home is an extremely comfortable, healthy, economical and sustainable home, designed and constructed to use up to 90% less energy than a traditional home. This is achieved by enhanced insulation, greatly reduced thermal bridging, a virtually air tight building envelope, high performance windows and a heat recovery ventilation...


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 Custom Luxury Home in Monterey Bay, CA Clarum Homesbuilt a beautiful Carmel mission-style custom home on the fairway of the Bayonet & Black Horse Golf Courses in Monterey Bay, California. This single-story three bedroom 2,600 square-foot home was constructed with cutting-edge, energy-efficient features. The house is filled with elegant, rustic finishes – not to mention, that it’s surrounded by the Monterey Cypress trees and the open space of the golf course. Click here to see more of our California custom luxury homes. Talk to Clarum Homes about building your custom luxury home....


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