It's been nearly two years since my last post and I've been meaning to follow-up with some passive house post construction articles--as I believe that sort of information is lacking online.
Now that Lisa and I have a good number of years under our belt living in our passive house, I will be posting some additional stories based upon our real-world experiences.
I continue to receive questions from readers interested in passive house (or energy efficient) construction and I would hope these upcoming articles can answer some of them. I am open to suggestions for other topics that may be of interest.
Topics planned, include:
- Real-world heating/cooling performance
- Electricity monitoring with SiteSage (formerly eMonitor)
- Earthtube status update
- ERV performance & maintenance
- Development cost analysis versus house appraisal
In the meantime, I realized that I have not shared any pictures of the interior of the house.
As I indicated at the outset of our project documentation, we wanted to design a luxury house that looked more conventional and less like a science project.
We think we hit this design goal. Below are some pictures and videos of the interior of the house shortly after construction and before move-in.
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Foyer, South Facing |
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Custom exotic wood staircase |
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Bridge railings |
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Dining room, 1st floor |
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Guest bathroom 2nd floor |
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2nd floor master bathroom jetted tub |
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Master bathroom 2nd floor walk-in shower |
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Master bathroom shower backlit stained glass |
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Master bathroom 2nd floor walk-in shower |
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ERVs, earth tube outlets, heat-pump water heater |
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Triple water filtration system, softener, UV treatment, RO unit |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir2bP2lpv-Nj87pqZuxhzbeYUS_JS-7JrC7EM2S-O3uyrjM09COUsBcXz3gtomRWZy-QFT25nQEHXGzm1h2On8rwLSB4z9gyTgq_ccTlQBZM3jU2umLvP-_tNBn9yXzK3F2j9g8NC5dp8/s320/Office-Entrance-1st-Floor.JPG) |
Office entrance |
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Foyer powder room |
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Breakfast room adjacent to kitchen |
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Great room, North facing |
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Kitchen |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidmt2ICHa_UL6La-mkUYt18Ty8_8HgofvRuQE5U9Dp2VKWRo8NMJqGCWURciihP05ub3AqL2FYR_ohFVKD-g3z2erzZ5Wzpo5vo_m6y83hyphenhyphenQ0wm63GcHj5P-QQvKhP5wCDhAjskTttvtw/s320/Minisplit-1st-Floor.JPG) |
Minisplit 1st floor |
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Office 1st floor |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcx8B6hIUfc2MrmZARdOa-m_uxl8F3iKdL2nbeZtRaA6mVgHdEMe4Zk4g1xQUM3LYPZTEdoCTTrI1Vv9WexUwaBc49s4ZaqZY4R5muE4sSef2pTqhuu-gkcIIfs30SvXYwr5lv0_HFScg/s320/pet-room-basement.JPG) |
Basement pet room & pet shower |
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