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Choosing the Right Air Filter for Your Custom Home
At Clarum, we believe “home” is a place where you should feel at ease. Comfort and health are important factors in that equation, and to achieve them, you need ventilation and filtration systems that...
Posted by on April 16, 2014 | Categories: comfort, custom homes, energy efficiency, health, Modern Homes | No comment
Are Passive Homes Stuffy Inside?
Last week, we talked about the benefits of airtightness in modern home design. Airtight construction is one of the most powerful strategies in passive design, resulting in a custom home that maintains...
Posted by on April 2, 2014 | Categories: comfort, high performance homes, Modern Homes, passive home | No comment
Whole-House Ventilation – What is It?
Home-building technology has come a long way over the last several decades. One of the biggest improvements introduced during this time is total envelope airtightness. It’s not a new idea; for as long...
Posted by on March 19, 2014 | Categories: custom homes, energy efficiency, high performance homes, Modern Homes | No comment
High-Efficiency Water Heater in Your Custom Home
When it comes to modern home construction, you have an incredible array of options for bringing high-performance (and high efficiency) to your project – making your custom home healthier, smarter for the environment,...
Posted by on March 5, 2014 | Categories: custom homes, energy efficiency, high performance homes, Modern Homes | No comment
What is R-Value?
Spend any time in the home-building world, and you’ll run into the term “R-value” sooner or later. Most people know that R-value has to do with home insulation. But what does it mean? And what...
Posted by on February 19, 2014 | Categories: custom homes, energy efficiency, high performance homes, Modern Homes | No comment
Thermal Mass in Your Modern Home: What is it, and why should you care?
When we talk about thermal mass in the modern building movement, we’re referring to heavy building materials whose slow pace of temperature change makes them capable of storing immense amounts of energy. These...
Posted by on February 5, 2014 | Categories: California home builder, custom homes, energy efficiency, Modern Homes | No comment
Top 10 Green Products for Modern Home Construction
Over the last 20 years, Clarum has been a pioneer for eco-friendly home design in the green building movement. Through that time we’ve worked with multiple industry standards that define what it means...
Posted by on January 22, 2014 | Categories: custom homes, guidebook, high performance homes, Modern Homes | No comment
New Menlo Park passive home embraces modern design
Clarum is thrilled to announce the completion of our high-performance Menlo Park Modern Home! Smart innovation in home building High-efficiency framing. Super-insulation. Solar power. SIPS. All blended...
Posted by on January 14, 2014 | Categories: California home builder, custom homes, energy efficiency, high performance homes, luxury homes | No comment
High-Performance Homes of 2013
What does 2014 mean for us at Clarum Homes? Exciting new custom home clients and luxury high-performance projects, not to mention continued innovations in the green home building movement. We're getting...
Posted by on January 8, 2014 | Categories: custom homes | No comment
Best Practices for High-Performance Home Insulation
NOTE: This is a two-part series. Click here to read part 1. You can also download our complete Guide to High-Performance Home-building. Clarum Homes is leading the way in building high-performance...
Posted by on December 18, 2013 | Categories: California home builder, custom homes, energy efficiency, high performance homes | No comment
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