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Menlo Park Passive House, San Mateo County CA

Clarum Homes has been busy constructing the first Passive home in San Mateo County, California: A Menlo Park Passive Home! It blends unsurpassed energy-efficient technology and sustainable building materials into a custom home that is gorgeously designed, healthy for occupants, and amazingly comfortable.

 

Structural Insulated Panels help highly insulate a passive home and seal it to prevent outside air infiltration and heat loss. Specific to the Menlo Park home, Premier SIPS has helped insulate the home by providing advanced wall systems and a super insulated roof. SIPS walls reduce heating/cooling load, keep indoor temperatures constant and Premier SIPS are stronger, straighter and far more durable than traditional stick framing. SIPS can also provide super insulation even with vaulted ceilings!

 

And summer is starting to bring on the hotter months, SIPS helps the home stay much cooler without the need for air conditioning. Of course, the design of the home helps with shading and well-planned window orientation to keep the house at a comfortable temperature.

 

Premier SIPs: www.premiersips.com

 

Clarum Homes: www.clarum.com

 

Menlo Park Passive House: www.menloparkpassivehome.com/

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Uploaded on June 23, 2011