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Zehnder Heat Recovery Ventilator System in the Menlo Passive Home
John Suppes from Clarum Homes explains the Zehnder Heat Recovery Ventilator System at the Menlo Passive Project. One of the keys to a passive home's efficiency is its air tightness. This means that it's...
Posted by on September 27, 2011 | Categories: energy efficiency, passive home | No comment
Structural Insulated Panels, SIPs
Sean Miskelley from Clarum Homes explains the use of SIPs (Structural Insulated Panels) in the Menlo Passive home. Structural insulated panels (SIPs) are high performance building panels used in the external...
Posted by on September 2, 2011 | Categories: energy efficiency, high performance homes, passive home | 1 Comment
Energy Efficient Windows: Gaulhofer Windows and SeriousWindows
Energy expert Sean Misskelley from Clarum Homes talks about the heating and cooling effect of high performance Gaulhofer windows and SeriousWindows in the Menlo Passive Home Project. Read more about...
Posted by on August 15, 2011 | Categories: energy efficiency, passive home | No comment
Sustainability that’s gorgeous!
We finished up the construction of our Menlo Passive custom home a few weeks ago and just had our photographer come out to capture the home for us. Check out these beautiful photos – showcasing the exterior,...
Posted by on June 22, 2011 | Categories: custom homes, energy efficiency, high performance homes, passive home | No comment
Incredible Views at Wine Country Custom
Back in April, we wrote about this contemporary high performance custom home we’re building in the Sonoma wine country. It’s really unbelievable. Now that the framing is completed, you can see the incredible...
Tour Our New Passive Home!
You are invited! Please join us next week at one of our upcoming passive home events at Menlo Park and San Mateo County’s first passive home – Menlo Passive. We'll have expert passive house...
Posted by on May 26, 2011 | Categories: custom homes, high performance homes, luxury homes, passive home | No comment
Solar Thermal Hot Water Systems
We’ve all driven down the street and seen the remnants of those unattractive black panels on roof tops of “days gone by” solar hot water heating systems. Many of those older units were intended to heat...
Posted by on May 26, 2011 | Categories: energy efficiency | No comment
Exquisite Spanish Revival Custom Home
Clarum is several months in on the construction of an exquisite custom home in Los Altos Hills. When finished, the home will be approximately 5,800 square feet with five bedrooms over basement...
Posted by on April 29, 2011 | Categories: custom homes | No comment
Wine Country Custom Home
Also happening this year is the construction of an incredible custom home in the Sonoma wine country. Designed by Stuart Welte of Environmental Innovations in Design, this contemporary high performance...
Posted by on April 29, 2011 | Categories: custom homes | No comment
Major Renovation in Palo Alto Transforms 1920s Home
And finally, we just finished transforming a modest 1,185 square foot 1920’s period home into a super energy-efficient passive home inspired contemporary three bedroom home with an open floor...
Posted by on April 29, 2011 | Categories: Major Renovation, Palo Alto | No comment
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