BEDFORD PASSIVE HOUSE

BEDFORD PASSIVE HOUSE

Phius Certified Passive Project

The Bedford Passive House project is the first of its kind in this forward-thinking community. Bedford hopes to become a carbon-neutral community and has adopted energy codes that exceed those of New York State, including goals of town-wide photo-voltaic solar installations. 

Our project embraced these goals and set standards for others to follow. We took an existing 1970’s spec-built wood-frame house and retrofit it to meet the Passive building standard, the most advanced energy-efficient design regimen in the world today. By working with the existing structure, we minimized waste heading to the landfill and retained fully serviceable wood framing and foundations. 

Our design incorporated optimized solar orientation, robust and low-toxicity insulation, high-performance triple-pane windows, and highly tuned energy modeling: all solid-state features that are fail-safe and ageless. Crisp, modern detailing invokes an updated European vibe that reflects the Passive building standard’s roots in Germany.