San Jose’s skyline is host to a soon-to-be LEED certified residential tower slated to open later this month. Located in the heart of the city, just one block from San Jose State University, the 19-floor student housing project comprises 260 residential units (1,039 beds), with 14,700 SF for retail stores and restaurants on the ground floor. A fourth floor podium offers residents open space for leisure and social activities, while its central location affords easy access to the city’s many amenities.
Bishop Passive House: The 15 Tenets of Low Carbon Homes (Part 2)
In a previous post about the Bishop Passive House now being constructed here on the Central Coast of California, I evaluated the home against the first 7 of 14 tenets for low carbon homes as outlined by Mike Maines and Brian Hayes in a November, 2019 article on the Green Building Advisor website.
Bishop Passive House: The 15 Tenets of Low-Carbon Homes (Part 1)
In late 2019 - which seems like a lifetime ago already - Michael Maines and Brian Hayes teamed up for a bird’s-eye view article around designing and constructing low carbon homes, written by Kiley Jacques on the Green Building Advisor website. Widely respected New England design-builders, they acknowledged lacking all the answers, yet simultaneously laid out fourteen imperative and easily-achievable tenets for low carbon home design and construction.
Passive House Pillars for Health, Comfort and Energy Efficiency
The elements of a dream house are shared by many: year-round, all-hours comfort, healthy indoor air quality, minimized mechanical operating systems and reduced energy use intensity, and perhaps most importantly, a durable, resilient, low-maintenance, aesthetically beautiful home.