Pro Tour: Award Winning, Panelized Passive House in the Catskills

Event Date: 

Friday, November 8, 2024

Time: 

1pm-5pm

Location: 

Olive, NY

CEU Information: 

AIA (4 LU), Phius (4 credit hours)

Cost: 

$25 Members/$35 Non-Members

In early November, NESEA will be offering our first Pro Tour in the Catskills, showcasing a new construction single-family passive house with its first years’ of performance data.

We’ll start our event with time for networking before our host, DEMO Architects, gives a presentation on the background of the project, including design and construction details of the building and how the structure, envelope, and mechanical systems have performed over the past 3 years. The owner/architect will be leading this presentation, describing the challenges encountered during construction, lessons learned, and the peculiarities of living in a Passive House.

After the opening presentation, we’ll break into small groups for a deep dive with additional members of the project team, who will talk about their specific contributions to the project as a whole. After our attendees have heard from each speaker, we’ll end our day with a networking reception and chance for Q&A with the team.

This all-electric house serves as an example of panelized construction, featuring triple-glazed curtain wall, triple-glazed windows, ERV, heat pump, and induction cooking. The walls are built as a panelized system, using 16" of dense pack cellulose installed entirely outboard of the structure. The exterior walls are finished in standing seam metal, making them maintenance-free and long-lasting.

The house has an ERV system that provides fresh air while reducing energy losses. The ERV has a post heater to supplement additional heat on cold winter days and help a more even distribution of heat throughout the house. Heating and cooling is achieved by a single, 9000Btu heat pump mini split.

Register today to visit and learn more about this project.

Certifications/Recognitions

  • PHIUS 2018+
  • 2020 funding from NYSERDA's Low Rise New Construction Program
  • 2021 PHIUS Award for Best Project by a Young Professional
  • 2023 Special Mention Architizer Awards
     

Schedule

12:30 PM

Doors open, registration, networking and coffee

1:00 PM

Welcome by NESEA

1:10 PM

Overview of the project by the host

2:00 PM

Tour of project begins; attendees travel to site and rotate through content-specific stations

3:45 PM

Group reconvenes and travels back to initial meeting point

4:00 PM

Reception with light refreshments

4:15 PM

Q&A panel with members of project team

5:00 PM

Event concludes

If you have questions about this event, you can contact us via protours@nesea.org.

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