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The Clarum Vision: Transforming the Building Industry
What does it mean to build a green home? What’s the future of passive building? How does Clarum Home fit into the overall picture of home construction? Meet John Suppes (Clarum’s President) and Sean...
Posted by on October 8, 2012 | Categories: custom homes, energy efficiency, guidebook, high performance homes, passive home | No comment
Embodied Energy: A Measure of Sustainability
What is Embodied Energy? Look at your house... your computer... the snack on your plate. How much did it cost? Now look deeper. For each of the goods (and services) that we purchase – from automobiles...
Upcoming Events – Come Join Us!
Come see the Palo Alto Passive Home! October is a busy month for Passive Homes! Please join us at one of our several upcoming events. All events include our newest Palo Alto Passive Home, 1510 Portola...
Posted by on October 2, 2012 | Categories: custom homes, events, high performance homes, Palo Alto, passive home | No comment
What Does a High-Performance Home Cost to Build?
What Does a High-Performance Home Cost? Of course, it’s impossible to estimate the cost of any home without knowing all the variables, such as size and style. However, there are general patterns. "People...
Posted by on September 27, 2012 | Categories: energy efficiency, guidebook, high performance homes, passive home | 1 Comment
What is LEED Certification?
What does it mean when a house is LEED certified? LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. It is an internationally recognized, third-party rating system for green building design...
Posted by on September 24, 2012 | Categories: custom homes, energy efficiency, guidebook, high performance homes | No comment
What Exactly is a High-Performance Home?
High Performance in a Home...What Does It Mean? At present, there is no universal definition of a "high-performing home" in the construction industry. However, there is some consensus in the way that...
Posted by on September 21, 2012 | Categories: custom homes, guidebook | No comment
Utilities Add Up
Utilities Add Up By itself, $200 may not sound like much. But if that’s what you’re spending on utilities each month, it’s more than it seems. Utilities add up, and the yearly and lifetime costs...
Posted by on September 11, 2012 | Categories: custom homes, guidebook | No comment
What Makes a House Sustainable?
The definition of sustainable “Sustainable” is an important and widely-used word, now more than ever. On the other hand, it’s also widely misused. So what does “sustainable” really mean when...
Passive Homes and the Environment
The cost of energy is rising rapidly – and not just in dollars. Our environment is paying the price as well: non-renewable energy consumption, carbon emissions, pollution, and inefficiency. All of these...
Posted by on August 13, 2012 | Categories: energy efficiency, guidebook, high performance homes | No comment
The Comfort of a Passive Home
Comfort can be subjective, but undefinable? Not at all. Plenty of research is available on the factors of human comfort: conditions which, when present, universally put us at ease and add to our well...Copyright © 2025 Clarum Homes | 
