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Eco-Cottage ADU: A Net-Zero, Passive House for Pearl and Leo
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Eco-Cottage ADU: A Net-Zero, Passive House for Pearl and Leo
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Type
STATUS
Concept
SIZE
0 sqft - 1000 sqft
BUDGET
$100K - 500K
Designed n partnership with KWH architecture, DPC.
The Eco-Cottage is designed with the primary objective of meeting our client, Pearl and Leo’s, needs for aging in place. The Eco-Cottage is also designed to meet the Monadnock Region ADU Design Challenge’s criteria for sustainability, cost effectiveness, and innovation. We propose a simple, contextual, prefab-friendly design that relates to the formal and material language of the existing neighborhood. The proposal incorporates innovative, energy-saving Passive House design standards. The bedroom, living room, kitchen and accessible bathroom are located on the ground level so that Pearl and Leo would not need to use stairs in their daily routine. The bedroom is tucked to the quieter backside of the ADU. The front of the cottage features a double-height, light-filled living space with vaulted ceilings and skylights. The cottage also incorporates the requested outdoor patio, facing the existing grand-porch of the existing house from across the driveway and forming a courtyard space in the front yard. To make this courtyard space more attractive, we propose converting the existing asphalt driveway to permeable pavers embedded in the lawn.
The Eco-Cottage is designed to perform to the Passive House standard. Passive House is an innovative and well-established energy efficiency building standard that originated in Europe and has been further developed and adopted in the United States. The 5 principles of Passive House are: superinsulation, thermal bridge mitigation, air tightness, high performance windows and doors and energy recovery ventilation. Passive House buildings consume between 70% to 90% less energy for heating and cooling than code minimum buildings, while providing excellent levels of comfort and superior indoor air quality.
The Eco-Cottage is designed with the primary objective of meeting our client, Pearl and Leo’s, needs for aging in place. The Eco-Cottage is also designed to meet the Monadnock Region ADU Design Challenge’s criteria for sustainability, cost effectiveness, and innovation. We propose a simple, contextual, prefab-friendly design that relates to the formal and material language of the existing neighborhood. The proposal incorporates innovative, energy-saving Passive House design standards. The bedroom, living room, kitchen and accessible bathroom are located on the ground level so that Pearl and Leo would not need to use stairs in their daily routine. The bedroom is tucked to the quieter backside of the ADU. The front of the cottage features a double-height, light-filled living space with vaulted ceilings and skylights. The cottage also incorporates the requested outdoor patio, facing the existing grand-porch of the existing house from across the driveway and forming a courtyard space in the front yard. To make this courtyard space more attractive, we propose converting the existing asphalt driveway to permeable pavers embedded in the lawn.
The Eco-Cottage is designed to perform to the Passive House standard. Passive House is an innovative and well-established energy efficiency building standard that originated in Europe and has been further developed and adopted in the United States. The 5 principles of Passive House are: superinsulation, thermal bridge mitigation, air tightness, high performance windows and doors and energy recovery ventilation. Passive House buildings consume between 70% to 90% less energy for heating and cooling than code minimum buildings, while providing excellent levels of comfort and superior indoor air quality.
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