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PASSIVE HOUSE: Building Inherent Value
SLIDE 2 FINCH CAMBRIDGE
- Owner/Developer: Homeowners Rehab
- 98 affordable family units
- Opening April 1 2020
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- Fall 2018: Mass CEC Passive House Design Incentives
- 8 Passive House Affordable Projects (543 units)
- Summer 2019: MassSave Passive House Incentives:
- 540 units (28 Buildings) Have Applied Many
communities requiring or heavily encouraging Passive House as part of special permit process
- Municipal Policy Shifts:
- Toward Net Zero and/or All-Electric
Surge in Interest in Passive House in MA
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Passive House Performance
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What Does Successful Execution Require?
Builder as Partner: Attention to the CRAFT of building
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Communication/Collaboration
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Graphic Communication
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Graphic Communication
SLIDE 9 Field Communication
The right amount of information at the right time
SLIDE 10 Craft – Envelope Airtightness Continuity
Caio’s Team rocking the Air Barrier
SLIDE 11 Not Approved Approved
Craft – Envelope Airtightness Continuity
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Craft – Envelope Thermal Continuity
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Sequence
SLIDE 14 Craft – Interior Compartmentalization
Not Approved Approved
SLIDE 15 Craft: Pipe/Penetration Airtightness
Ian Russell - Plumber First Try – Not Approved Second Try –Approved
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Craft: Pipe/Penetration Insulation
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Testing/Verification
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T he r mal Imaging – Pr e / Post C.I.
SLIDE 19 Commissioning/Monitoring
Architect: ICON Architecture MEP/FP: Petersen Engineering GC: NEI General Contracting – (CPHC added to team) Energy Modeler & CPHC : Linnean Solutions PH Verifier: JSR Adaptive Energy Solutions Sustainability Consultant: New Ecology Envelope Consultant: Building Enclosure Associates Commissioning Agent: Sustainable Engineering Solutions
You are not alone – we are a team
SLIDE 20 Michelle Apigian
AIA, LEED AP, AICP, CPHC Associate Principle, Practice + Sustainability Leader mapigian@iconarch.com 627-939-0721