I’ve been struggling with so many passive house designs looking very “classic”. But this one I really like. It’s contemporary & filled with light. Something that I’ll use as a bit of inspiration for my own one. Well done!
Very nice and well presented tour of this house and it's construction. It all makes a lot of sense, even if I am not sure if this would strictly be a "passive house". What surprises me though is that it is presented as something new or out of the ordinary. All of this is more or less standard for all new houses in Sweden for the last 25 years or so. My house is even built in 1989 and it has the majority of the concepts presented here - heat recovery fresh air ventilation in all rooms (extract in bathroom kitchen etc and supply in other rooms), triple glazed thermal windows, fully airtight vapor barriers in walls & roof, very well insulated, foundations & slab insulated and with capillary breaking materials etc... So it seems this is not the standard or normal in Canada then?
Yes, this is a newer concept in North America. It's been introduced a long time ago here, but it isn't popular because of the added cost and care for construction and planning. Every house should be built like this, of course.
What an amazing space! The most polluted air most uf us breathe is inside of our homes. I have large hepa air purifiers in every room. The line that struck me was "fighting a losing battle" with small appliance air purifiers. So true! Wondering if this sealed, passive solar house also good for reducing fire risk in areas prone to seasonal fires? Many people in northern California are building without fireplaces and limited entry points for a fire to jump inside the house. Now I want to build my dream house like this!! So gorgeous!!
Omg. So well done. I watched every minute of this video. I love the excitement in the voice of the builder. He’s so knowledgeable and nailed every detail. The only thing I wasn’t sure of was the chandelier on top of the bathtub. Didn’t hear him mention the distance. It appeared to be reachable by hand. Other than that, a master class. I love the solar generator idea 💡 and using solar panels during the day. Over all, well done.
So funny watching this from Western Europe. How you are on awe about the tilting Window, thickness of the wall and 3 Tier window. Not saying that all houses have that here, but it is of a norm and we probably are taking it for granted. Love the house.
I like conditioned attics rather than blown insulation. The amount of heat and cold in that space is greater than outside a lot of the time. And that radiates into places. Where as a conditioned space helps radiate the indoor temps through out the structure.
that amount of insulation is pretty standard now a days here in The Netherlands, we use brick on the outer walls then the insulation followed by the concrete. the tilt and turn windows are also everywhere here and the triple pane windows are pretty standard too. with new construction now a days you'll usually see quadruple pane windows to block the sun's heat or the cold from the outside and they're also required to be triple pane for buildings located in busy areas like city centers. a little while ago i was in NYC and i noticed they had dual pane windows everywhere, even the high-rises had dual pane and i could easily hear the sirens and horns of the cars outside so maybe it still has to do with regulation that North America is behind with this.
I typically watches most YT video at 2.5 - 3X speed and I just spend the full 46 : 54 watching the whole thing, great video! at system to look forward on having one day.
would love to see a drawing of the air flow and a simple explanation on the drawing how the air flow system works. Did not really get it 😢. Still a really cool house! thanks 🏡
Would these passive designs be approved for homes in zones of flood risk and or coastal areas? I’d assume yes, but in a way sort of controversial because of how heavy the overall project is.
I recommend spending the money for thermal breaks around windows and doors. Any kind of insulation besides fiberglass. The condensation zone of moisture increases around big windows and doors as they increase in size.
Hi Kenneth, a quick question - what was this house built with? Is it concrete and masonry or timber framing? I'm asking from a soundproofing standpoint, it's so quiet so I was wondering what was it built with. Thanks!
I got constant fresh air in my 200 year old house. I don't have forced air so not forcing air out. I have cellar doors I need to fix. I did put vapor barrier in crawl space and mineral wool along foundation. I put thermal break/vapor barrier under my brick paver basement floor. After I lowered it a few inches. I have a lot drier basement now. I white washed the brick too. I think back in 1815 they lived in the basement.
Apart from this artificial new terminology “passive house” to begin with Homes are supposed to have a natural ventilation and natural relatedness to the elements the temperature and the movement of the air and I have no idea why they called a “new “concept it’s as old as housebuilding…
Good video but this is not a Passive House-certified building. Why didn't you hire a Passive House Consultant to make sure this home got certified? You might have been really close to meeting the requirements?
If a passive house cost 25% more, just build a house that's 25% smaller (problem solved). With good attention paid to an efficient design layout you wouldn't even feel the reduced space, but you'll surely feel the passive house benefits.
Ray: "...you see the Control4 and the amount of real estate those systems take up and the amount of panels they have is just crazy..." 🤔 Control4 controls an entire property and every device in it with a handheld remote; Apple Watch; an 8" or 10" touchscreen; your own Android/Apple devices; your TV; or just your voice with no screens at all. You can literally control your whole home without lifting a finger. But if you prefer to get up and walk over to a wall switch and stand there each time you control something...Or stack multiple wall switch panels...(22:50) To each his own.
Are the plans for this house available? I know he customized it more given there's an identical building next to it I'd love to know. Being from NYC having a house like this is a pipe dream but i really don't like how the houses in my area are built and I'm exploring passive homes
The stairs are wrong. No toekick make them a trip fall hazard. This makes me wonder how they pass inspection. 2M in Vancouver BC. It's acclimated not acclimatized.
There is a better filtration system than HEPA. If your air is washed with clean, filtered water, that will remove all the particulates and also soluble gases like VOCs and PFAS. Of course this uses a continuous flow of water, and you have to replace your water filters routinely - but if you're filtering your household water supply you're going to do that anyway.
Is the guy who lead the tour the owner/designer or builder? Or all? I love not using any materials with high embodied carbon. Such a nice house! How fast property like this sells and how much is higher price per sf/m2 in % than conventional 100+ yo in the same nhood? Thanks!
Yes the guy in the tour was involved in the project. It was built for his family. It's a beautiful home! I don't think enough people recognize the features of a home like this. I personally would pay the premium, if I could afford it. From the perspective of a home owner, it's worth it.
Nice house and good features. I wish there was more house footage. I got bored to hear the guy talking all the time, that I had to mute the video and forward it to the end. Well, keep the good work guys.
If you muted the video, you're missing probably the most important aspect of what makes this house special. Otherwise, you're better off just looking for just beautiful interior design buildings. A Passive House uses about 10% of the energy cost of a built to code construction in North America. And has one of the best comfort and indoor air quality environments you can ever get, if not the best!
@mindfulmagician7550 She doesn't care coz she doesn't understand it. People who are bored easily don't know how to process information very well, and so they just think it's boring. It's an IQ issue. Don't bother trying to explain it to her.
@@mindfulmagician7550 I live in the Netherlands and most of the houses here have renewable energy which is the same concept, to take that was the only interesting thing of the video lol. As the rest was just too much talk because for them passive house was a new thing, which for us in Europe it’s just normal lol
There's two Tesla wall back up batteries, each provides 13 kWh of power, so you'd have enough for at least 2-3 days, if not a week, depending on your usage.
If Tesla could build a house the proprietary panels they'd "engineer" to build the house out of would have so many irregular gaps that it'd have a higher air exchange than the average house. Oh, and all the doors and windows would lock when the house catches on fire.
It looks marvelous but I think it’s a way too complicated… It is like a ship with the main control system which has a lot of control elements, electrical solar, base, Tesla walls… Etc. etc.. That concept is to create a home that is so efficient in terms of fresh air and other elements related to environment and does not have any dependency on electric circuits and Wi-Fi because that is where of secondary unhealthy environment comes to the human you might be protected from unhealthy, fresh or not, but not so fresh air but the electromagnetic fields created by these electric circuits in the RFID by the Wi-Fi. I still are still very prominent health hazard, and I don’t see anything like that figured out for that. On the contrary this house is wonderful, looks wonderful in terms of element, fresh air, etc. but at the same time I think it is an electromagnetic field mind line, in terms of effect on the people living in it
@@KennethYimHomesWhen the three of you guys were looking at the photos explaining how and why you started the building process. We saw none of that. He stood to the side so we couldn’t see what you were talking about. By the way I loved your house and how it was built.
That smell you get when you go away on vacation return is sewer gas , it cause by water drying out of your toilet and sink water trap, with allow sewer gases to rise filling up your house given that smell.
It is, it's my fault for calling it a Passive Home, it isn't officially certified for such. They built it using the Passive House Institute standards, and much of the principles and energy efficiency has been achieved.
0.8 ach50 is really good but passive needs to be 0.6 or below unfortunately, it's more like high performance house but definitely not passive, overall nice project,
ABOUT THE INTECOMM system…..… have you considered the effect of the electromagnetic fields and Wi-Fi on the people living in the house? I’m sure you thought of that.?
Of course, but how? Solar? Wind? You need a lot of land to generate enough for you to use. Or do you just deal with it when you run out of electricity? Also what about water? Build on a septic and well system?
If propane or natural gas is used and respected, then your energy bills will be a lot less than if you only use electricity alone. Heating or cooking with electricity is crazy expensive. Build well, use solar power, EVR, and selective heating of water using propane. For example, induction stove are dangerous to your cells due to EMF.
Well they do energy arbitrage with twoTesla Power Walls. So that's 2.9 cents per kWh for electrical usage. You can't beat that! All the other stuff, EMF, that's debatable (not disagreeing with you, but hard to prove)
Doing as much as you can with electricity will always be cheaper than gas or similar. Why? Simple. I can make/gather electricity without the need for a supplier. AKA "free". Once you invest in a panel and needed infrastructure, you can simply upgrade as your budget dictates until all of your needs are met. * Most people assume you need to blow $100k + on a full off grid " " system. You do not. Cover your heavy user appliances first. Induction oven, microwave, HP AC/Heat, HP water heater etc but pick one or so. Whatever it is or they are, those are items you are not paying your ISP for. * Yes. There is a cost. There is a cost to gas/propane as well just like there is maintenance for both. But I bet more homeowners would be more comfortable working on a solar system vs a gas system. Gas tends to be a bit more "spicy". Therefore they typically require a professional which is more cost. Also, not every home has access to a gas resource. AKA my neighborhood does not. To get something like that installed would be astronomical and, knowing the US public works efficiency statistics, would probably take a decade. But having a community solar farm/system would be infinitely less prohibitory. There are semantic issues to both points of view but personally, I'm exhausted of being beholden to a company and losing cash flow while simultaneously hurting the environment because they prioritize profit over ingenuity and moving into the future. 🤷♂
Your comments (“…cuz of the fan.” + “A real passive house doesn’t let the heat in.”) are not quite right. 1st listen to what he says about the ERV at 21 minute point and later. It is a sophisticated system that differs from conventional old style concepts. 2nd , The heavily insulated walls and energy efficient windows lose less heat in winter and gain less heat in summer. This house is designed to benefit from solar energy heat gain in winter. Listen to 39 minutes in. This is a well thought out design.
Right, right, that’s great right, solar light, natural light right, that’s why natural light comes from the right, right. You even got a table on the left so you can put your right elbow on the right side. a table so you can write right handed or left handed with your right angle if you chose to be right or correct with your right handed right angle at exactly the right temperature at night. Right. 😂😂😂😂😂
Finally the Americas see what the rest of the world has been enjoying for years. Slow learners. How will you dispose of all the residential crap that currently exists.
All Houses are Just chimneys by another name. They want to Naturally vent your expensive HVAC out. When you insulate correctly it stops that. But then you have another problem. An air exchanger solves that problem.
Amateurs, they never even asked what kind of materials used for building envelop, guy keeps repeating insulation, insulation, thick walls, without even understanding what that means😂😂😂😂
That concept is stupid. He is saying that "metaphor" about our bodies, right? If you seal your body eg cover it with some air tight film and left only nostrils and mouth... you would die. Your body would literally suffocate. You have a house that is completely sealed. No air and moisture exchange whatsoever except that tiny vents hooked to heat pump/air condition whatever. Bro, you are asking for a trouble. What if electricity goes down? There is so many things that can go wrong in the next 40 years. If your pump goes down you will have a mold in the living room literally next week. I guess there is a benefit of having absolutely minimum energy losses so heating/exchanging air must be extremely efficient and cheap compare to normal houses that "breath" and "sweat" all the time. But with this concept such a basic thing like air and moisture exchange in your room is 100% dependant on technology.
What a beautiful and inteligent home. Sadly the camera man was filming an spech not the beautiful features on it. Congrats to the architect!
I’ve been struggling with so many passive house designs looking very “classic”. But this one I really like. It’s contemporary & filled with light. Something that I’ll use as a bit of inspiration for my own one. Well done!
Very nice and well presented tour of this house and it's construction. It all makes a lot of sense, even if I am not sure if this would strictly be a "passive house". What surprises me though is that it is presented as something new or out of the ordinary. All of this is more or less standard for all new houses in Sweden for the last 25 years or so. My house is even built in 1989 and it has the majority of the concepts presented here - heat recovery fresh air ventilation in all rooms (extract in bathroom kitchen etc and supply in other rooms), triple glazed thermal windows, fully airtight vapor barriers in walls & roof, very well insulated, foundations & slab insulated and with capillary breaking materials etc... So it seems this is not the standard or normal in Canada then?
Yes, this is a newer concept in North America. It's been introduced a long time ago here, but it isn't popular because of the added cost and care for construction and planning. Every house should be built like this, of course.
Can you share with me the added costs. Thanks
What an amazing space! The most polluted air most uf us breathe is inside of our homes. I have large hepa air purifiers in every room. The line that struck me was "fighting a losing battle" with small appliance air purifiers. So true!
Wondering if this sealed, passive solar house also good for reducing fire risk in areas prone to seasonal fires? Many people in northern California are building without fireplaces and limited entry points for a fire to jump inside the house.
Now I want to build my dream house like this!! So gorgeous!!
Yes we actually had wildfires out west that spread over to Ontario last summer, and in the video we talk about that at 8:38
You have a beautiful home. I hope one day I can build something like that for my family.
Omg. So well done. I watched every minute of this video. I love the excitement in the voice of the builder. He’s so knowledgeable and nailed every detail. The only thing I wasn’t sure of was the chandelier on top of the bathtub. Didn’t hear him mention the distance. It appeared to be reachable by hand. Other than that, a master class.
I love the solar generator idea 💡 and using solar panels during the day. Over all, well done.
Thank you for the kind words! Glad you enjoyed it.
Thanks for the erv explanation. I am going with south facing large planter in my cottage. Plants give off lots of moisture.
Awesome video, we are trying to build a small but very efficient home. There are so many ways to get there but the basics seem to run through.
What did/does the house go for price wise? & from as someone from Wisconsin, what would a standard house about the same size go for in that area?
They said plan to pay a 20-25% premium on the build. I presume that's reflected in the price.
So funny watching this from Western Europe. How you are on awe about the tilting Window, thickness of the wall and 3 Tier window. Not saying that all houses have that here, but it is of a norm and we probably are taking it for granted. Love the house.
Our land is so expensive here, so everything is typically built so cheaply
You think land is cheap in Western Europe? The main difference is you build such large houses@@KennethYimHomes
Thanks for all the great points about Passive House! All so helpful!
I like conditioned attics rather than blown insulation. The amount of heat and cold in that space is greater than outside a lot of the time. And that radiates into places. Where as a conditioned space helps radiate the indoor temps through out the structure.
1:35 magic....A passive definition on a new level
that amount of insulation is pretty standard now a days here in The Netherlands, we use brick on the outer walls then the insulation followed by the concrete.
the tilt and turn windows are also everywhere here and the triple pane windows are pretty standard too.
with new construction now a days you'll usually see quadruple pane windows to block the sun's heat or the cold from the outside and they're also required to be triple pane for buildings located in busy areas like city centers.
a little while ago i was in NYC and i noticed they had dual pane windows everywhere, even the high-rises had dual pane and i could easily hear the sirens and horns of the cars outside so maybe it still has to do with regulation that North America is behind with this.
The rest of the world is so much further advanced with their building science!
@@KennethYimHomes yea, i hope that Canada and the US will catch up soon (hopefully)
That's because the U.S. is crap for building technologies.
@@buddyrevell511 yup
Really nice video. The presenter is a really good communicator and he really cares about the quality!
I typically watches most YT video at 2.5 - 3X speed and I just spend the full 46 : 54 watching the whole thing, great video! at system to look forward on having one day.
Very interesting. The camera man, unfortunately did not capture the pictures and features of the primary bedroom (i.e. shower / entire bathroom).
This is lovely! What’s the ballpark cost from start to finish?
Nice layout on the home. Explanations were amazing.
Love the concept and the home!
Very well thought out. Love it. Changing those lights? Guessing that would be rare and less dust.
would love to see a drawing of the air flow and a simple explanation on the drawing how the air flow system works. Did not really get it 😢.
Still a really cool house! thanks 🏡
Great video and besutiful home!
Would these passive designs be approved for homes in zones of flood risk and or coastal areas?
I’d assume yes, but in a way sort of controversial because of how heavy the overall project is.
I recommend spending the money for thermal breaks around windows and doors. Any kind of insulation besides fiberglass. The condensation zone of moisture increases around big windows and doors as they increase in size.
If this house is certified Passive House, all thermal bridges are accounted for, not just around the windows.
Amazing job!! Beautiful project.
The house is super airtight yeah,but at the bedrooms the fans let in fresh air 😉 sounds complicatedly cool.
Hey Ken.. Can we have a full walk through your of the house.. For us that Like floor plans 😊
The finished product looks awesome, the build process must have been really educational, interesting. Great job.
Incredible house. Love the design.
Hi Kenneth, a quick question - what was this house built with? Is it concrete and masonry or timber framing? I'm asking from a soundproofing standpoint, it's so quiet so I was wondering what was it built with. Thanks!
Hi Alexander, it's built with wood on concrete foundation.
They avoided any steel components for heat transfer/loss.
@@KennethYimHomeswho's the architect?
I got constant fresh air in my 200 year old house. I don't have forced air so not forcing air out. I have cellar doors I need to fix. I did put vapor barrier in crawl space and mineral wool along foundation. I put thermal break/vapor barrier under my brick paver basement floor. After I lowered it a few inches. I have a lot drier basement now. I white washed the brick too. I think back in 1815 they lived in the basement.
Apart from this artificial new terminology “passive house” to begin with Homes are supposed to have a natural ventilation and natural relatedness to the elements the temperature and the movement of the air and I have no idea why they called a “new “concept it’s as old as housebuilding…
Good video but this is not a Passive House-certified building. Why didn't you hire a Passive House Consultant to make sure this home got certified? You might have been really close to meeting the requirements?
Thanks for the tour
Hi, how did he deal with the kitchen cooker hood? Did he make it ducted to the outside? Excelent video.
YOU COULD WRITE A BOOK ABOUT THIE CONSTRUCTON OF THIS HOUSE.
Love the concept. Do you export overseas?
Awesome! 👍😎🇨🇦
Would you happen to know the name of the architect and or builder? I would like to build something of similar design. Thanks!
If a passive house cost 25% more, just build a house that's 25% smaller (problem solved).
With good attention paid to an efficient design layout you wouldn't even feel the reduced space, but you'll surely feel the passive house benefits.
You'd save money in the long run.
@@JamieHumeCreative For sure, and the smaller the place the quicker the savings
For a proportional size reduction to compensate for a 25% price increase, the house would need to be 20% smaller, not 25%. Basic math 😉
Not sure if i missed it - who is thr builder? Thabks.
Ray: "...you see the Control4 and the amount of real estate those systems take up and the amount of panels they have is just crazy..."
🤔
Control4 controls an entire property and every device in it with a handheld remote; Apple Watch; an 8" or 10" touchscreen; your own Android/Apple devices; your TV; or just your voice with no screens at all. You can literally control your whole home without lifting a finger.
But if you prefer to get up and walk over to a wall switch and stand there each time you control something...Or stack multiple wall switch panels...(22:50) To each his own.
Don't worry, it's not gas. It's just a magic elixir that makes our fireplace work.😆
Are the plans for this house available? I know he customized it more given there's an identical building next to it I'd love to know. Being from NYC having a house like this is a pipe dream but i really don't like how the houses in my area are built and I'm exploring passive homes
The stairs are wrong. No toekick make them a trip fall hazard. This makes me wonder how they pass inspection. 2M in Vancouver BC. It's acclimated not acclimatized.
@@gregpendrey6711 I thought the same thing when I saw the stairs, stylish but dangerous.
Stunning
This house is great! What us the name of the man who did the tour and was explaining the engineering and design details to you two?
Kenneth Yim, the video channel
Your video description says HRV but the house in the video has ERV.
There is a better filtration system than HEPA. If your air is washed with clean, filtered water, that will remove all the particulates and also soluble gases like VOCs and PFAS. Of course this uses a continuous flow of water, and you have to replace your water filters routinely - but if you're filtering your household water supply you're going to do that anyway.
Masterpiece.
Is the guy who lead the tour the owner/designer or builder? Or all? I love not using any materials with high embodied carbon. Such a nice house!
How fast property like this sells and how much is higher price per sf/m2 in % than conventional 100+ yo in the same nhood? Thanks!
Yes the guy in the tour was involved in the project. It was built for his family. It's a beautiful home!
I don't think enough people recognize the features of a home like this. I personally would pay the premium, if I could afford it. From the perspective of a home owner, it's worth it.
Wow how much was this house? It is beautiful
Nice house and good features. I wish there was more house footage. I got bored to hear the guy talking all the time, that I had to mute the video and forward it to the end.
Well, keep the good work guys.
If you muted the video, you're missing probably the most important aspect of what makes this house special. Otherwise, you're better off just looking for just beautiful interior design buildings. A Passive House uses about 10% of the energy cost of a built to code construction in North America. And has one of the best comfort and indoor air quality environments you can ever get, if not the best!
@mindfulmagician7550 She doesn't care coz she doesn't understand it. People who are bored easily don't know how to process information very well, and so they just think it's boring. It's an IQ issue. Don't bother trying to explain it to her.
@@mindfulmagician7550 I live in the Netherlands and most of the houses here have renewable energy which is the same concept, to take that was the only interesting thing of the video lol. As the rest was just too much talk because for them passive house was a new thing,
which for us in Europe it’s just normal lol
I wonder how much the house costs? What are the running costs?
Once again, crickets...
Who is the builder and architect for this house?
What's the name of the builder/owner?
Surely worth the investment as this house will add a few years onto your life
Definitely!
Those must be passive denim jeans that Ray is wearing. Open zippers in those keeps your precious fresh!
So what happens when there’s electrical issues with the air in the house?
There's two Tesla wall back up batteries, each provides 13 kWh of power, so you'd have enough for at least 2-3 days, if not a week, depending on your usage.
The are great during a hurricane...
Who was his architect and builder?
Self managed, using individual trades
Many builders are architects as well
32:20 One thing we can all do without is a passive cameraman
If Tesla could build a house the proprietary panels they'd "engineer" to build the house out of would have so many irregular gaps that it'd have a higher air exchange than the average house.
Oh, and all the doors and windows would lock when the house catches on fire.
LOL it's not about the hardware, it's all about the software.
What's up with the guy with 2 different socks, missed laundry day?
Tons of great features.
Alas, too many words...
OMG,….is it still available??!!
Yes, $3.6M. Find me if you want to see it
Bro lit the block up on this. lol
Now in Canada Yea!
Nice, but why are passive homes always an eyesore and you built two of them.
It looks marvelous but I think it’s a way too complicated… It is like a ship with the main control system which has a lot of control elements, electrical solar, base, Tesla walls… Etc. etc..
That concept is to create a home that is so efficient in terms of fresh air and other elements related to environment and does not have any dependency on electric circuits and Wi-Fi because that is where of secondary unhealthy environment comes to the human you might be protected from unhealthy, fresh or not, but not so fresh air but the electromagnetic fields created by these electric circuits in the RFID by the Wi-Fi. I still are still very prominent health hazard, and I don’t see anything like that figured out for that. On the contrary this house is wonderful, looks wonderful in terms of element, fresh air, etc. but at the same time I think it is an electromagnetic field mind line, in terms of effect on the people living in it
How about the cooking?
With being insulated from dirt, and road dust from cars tyres, brakes, road surface particles all very bad for our health. Basically less dust. :)
window U 0,08 ??? i dont beieve it. i never heard that, might be 0,18
Cool house. Shame about the sound on this video!
How much is this house
Awesome house but the dang intersection lol
Beautiful smart home , need a better videographer!
Thank you. Genuinely curious, what could improve about my videographer?
@@KennethYimHomesWhen the three of you guys were looking at the photos explaining how and why you started the building process. We saw none of that. He stood to the side so we couldn’t see what you were talking about.
By the way I loved your house and how it was built.
That smell you get when you go away on vacation return is sewer gas , it cause by water drying out of your toilet and sink water trap, with allow sewer gases to rise filling up your house given that smell.
I thought 0.6 was passive.
It is, it's my fault for calling it a Passive Home, it isn't officially certified for such. They built it using the Passive House Institute standards, and much of the principles and energy efficiency has been achieved.
.80 is still amazingly good!
0.8 ach50 is really good but passive needs to be 0.6 or below unfortunately, it's more like high performance house but definitely not passive, overall nice project,
exceptional work but working with double morale Tesla company is a huge downside
The house .... the house .... the house .....
ABOUT THE INTECOMM system…..… have you considered the effect of the electromagnetic fields and Wi-Fi on the people living in the house? I’m sure you thought of that.?
If you make everything tape-sealed, how will the materials ventilate and not mould?
First he tells us how bad combustion by-products are in the home, then he shows off the bio-ethanol fireplace.... ????
Fly Open 😊
So i agree on most of the house but not the smart system. I rather prefer a closed ecosystem. Nothing can happen to you
Of course, but how? Solar? Wind? You need a lot of land to generate enough for you to use. Or do you just deal with it when you run out of electricity?
Also what about water? Build on a septic and well system?
If propane or natural gas is used and respected, then your energy bills will be a lot less than if you only use electricity alone. Heating or cooking with electricity is crazy expensive. Build well, use solar power, EVR, and selective heating of water using propane. For example, induction stove are dangerous to your cells due to EMF.
Well they do energy arbitrage with twoTesla Power Walls. So that's 2.9 cents per kWh for electrical usage. You can't beat that!
All the other stuff, EMF, that's debatable (not disagreeing with you, but hard to prove)
Doing as much as you can with electricity will always be cheaper than gas or similar. Why? Simple. I can make/gather electricity without the need for a supplier. AKA "free".
Once you invest in a panel and needed infrastructure, you can simply upgrade as your budget dictates until all of your needs are met. * Most people assume you need to blow $100k + on a full off grid " " system. You do not. Cover your heavy user appliances first. Induction oven, microwave, HP AC/Heat, HP water heater etc but pick one or so. Whatever it is or they are, those are items you are not paying your ISP for. *
Yes. There is a cost. There is a cost to gas/propane as well just like there is maintenance for both. But I bet more homeowners would be more comfortable working on a solar system vs a gas system. Gas tends to be a bit more "spicy". Therefore they typically require a professional which is more cost.
Also, not every home has access to a gas resource. AKA my neighborhood does not. To get something like that installed would be astronomical and, knowing the US public works efficiency statistics, would probably take a decade. But having a community solar farm/system would be infinitely less prohibitory.
There are semantic issues to both points of view but personally, I'm exhausted of being beholden to a company and losing cash flow while simultaneously hurting the environment because they prioritize profit over ingenuity and moving into the future. 🤷♂
I have doubts whether this is a true passive house cuz of the fan. A real passive house doesn't let the heat in
Your comments (“…cuz of the fan.” + “A real passive house doesn’t let the heat in.”) are not quite right. 1st listen to what he says about the ERV at 21 minute point and later. It is a sophisticated system that differs from conventional old style concepts. 2nd , The heavily insulated walls and energy efficient windows lose less heat in winter and gain less heat in summer. This house is designed to benefit from solar energy heat gain in winter. Listen to 39 minutes in. This is a well thought out design.
30.52 was interesting 😂
The mechanical room?
@@KennethYimHomes the person walking down the above stairs.
“If Tesla could build a house, this is how it would be built.” Except it would be three years late and have countless quality control issues.
You don't want to stay in a 99% purified house because you are still going to interact with the outside world. But I really like the house
The one thing you can’t see is the constant road noise……
26:12 road noise test
You brought the best house in the worst neighbourhood
Right, right, that’s great right, solar light, natural light right, that’s why natural light comes from the right, right. You even got a table on the left so you can put your right elbow on the right side. a table so you can write right handed or left handed with your right angle if you chose to be right or correct with your right handed right angle at exactly the right temperature at night. Right. 😂😂😂😂😂
Finally the Americas see what the rest of the world has been enjoying for years. Slow learners. How will you dispose of all the residential crap that currently exists.
that non-passive house blower door score of 0.8 ain't lasting in perpetuity, lol. that's just silly and literally impossible.
Man…nobody told my guy his fly was open 😬
Haha shoot I told him after we filmed it. I just noticed it then. Good observation!
HAHA, it's happened to us all! Incredible home. Thanks for sharing! @@KennethYimHomes
All Houses are Just chimneys by another name. They want to Naturally vent your expensive HVAC out. When you insulate correctly it stops that. But then you have another problem. An air exchanger solves that problem.
Amateurs, they never even asked what kind of materials used for building envelop, guy keeps repeating insulation, insulation, thick walls, without even understanding what that means😂😂😂😂
That concept is stupid. He is saying that "metaphor" about our bodies, right? If you seal your body eg cover it with some air tight film and left only nostrils and mouth... you would die. Your body would literally suffocate. You have a house that is completely sealed. No air and moisture exchange whatsoever except that tiny vents hooked to heat pump/air condition whatever. Bro, you are asking for a trouble. What if electricity goes down? There is so many things that can go wrong in the next 40 years. If your pump goes down you will have a mold in the living room literally next week. I guess there is a benefit of having absolutely minimum energy losses so heating/exchanging air must be extremely efficient and cheap compare to normal houses that "breath" and "sweat" all the time. But with this concept such a basic thing like air and moisture exchange in your room is 100% dependant on technology.
Cool concept
Horrible frontage design