Core to a Future Ready home is a strategy we call Long Life-Loose Fit. Meaning creating a home that is ready to accommodate whatever life might bring for our clients. In this segment of the, on-demand, Visible Green Home® Tour of the "Pond Hill" Project we share one element of that approach.

This project will be featured on the upcoming BRAGA Parade of Homes on June 24th and 25th. Here is the link: https://tinyurl.com/mrxfyus5

In Part Eight of the, on-demand, Visible Green Home® Tour of the "Pond Hill" Project we describe in detail the advanced, high-performance, building envelope system that we used for this home featuring an approach using thermal bridge busting "CI", or Continuous Exterior Insulation.


This project will be featured on the upcoming BRAGA Parade of Homes on June 24th and 25th. Here is the link: https://tinyurl.com/mrxfyus5

This home is registered with the USGBC seeking LEED® for Homes platinum level certification, the highest level possible. In this segment of the, on-demand, Visible Green Home® Tour of the "Pond Hill" Project we share more about what that means to you as a homeowner and why it is important.

This project will be featured on the upcoming BRAGA Parade of Homes on June 24th and 25th. Here is the link: https://tinyurl.com/mrxfyus5

We are naturally drawn to light and when we have a home with windows to the north to capture views we have a challenge in getting that light into our homes. In this segment of the, on-demand, Visible Green Home® Tour of the "Pond Hill" Project we share how we did that.

This project will be featured on the upcoming BRAGA Parade of Homes on June 24th and 25th. Here is the link: https://tinyurl.com/mrxfyus5

When designing for our clients at Architectural Resource we always recommend beginning at the beginning- everything starts with the site. In this segment of the, on-demand, Visible Green Home® Tour of the "Pond Hill" Project we share how the space layout of the home responded to the site.

This project will be featured on the upcoming BRAGA Parade of Homes on June 24th and 25th. Here is the link: https://tinyurl.com/mrxfyus5

In Part Four of the, on-demand, Visible Green Home® Tour of the "Pond Hill" Project we address the typical missing link in the thermal envelope enclosure strategy- the space that occurs between the wall at floor level and the below grade foundation.

This project will be featured on the upcoming BRAGA Parade of Homes on June 24th and 25th. Here's the link. https://tinyurl.com/mrxfyus5

One of the benefits of having a thermally efficient home is that we can employ high-efficiency, electric heating and cooling systems such as air and ground source heat pumps. In Part Two of the, on-demand, Visible Green Home® Tour of the "Pond Hill" Project we share the Geothermal system.

This project will be featured on the upcoming BRAGA Parade of Homes on June 24th and 25th. Here is the link: https://tinyurl.com/mrxfyus5

In Part Two of the, on-demand, Visible Green Home® Tour of the "Pond Hill" Project we share how our client's goal of achieving Net Zero Energy informed and directed the very nature, shape and form of the building itself- rather than following the current fad of 'five gables to the street'.

This project will be featured on the upcoming BRAGA Parade of Homes on June 24th and 25th. Here is the link: https://tinyurl.com/mrxfyus5

Architectural Resource is pleased to introduce you to part one of the, on-demand, Visible Green Home® Tour of the "Pond Hill" Project. This new custom residence is Northville Michigan's first USGBC LEED for Homes® project registered with the certification goal of Platinum AND Net Zero Energy.

This project will be featured on the upcoming BRAGA Parade of Homes on June 24th and 25th. Here is the link: https://tinyurl.com/mrxfyus5

Part eleven, the final segment of the Visible Green Home® Tour presentation of this PHIUS+2021 Zero, design certified, Passive House presents a key component of a high-performance home- ventilation. We address the age-old, commonly held, assertion that "a house needs to breath"... or does it?

"Design for Living" is a sustainable strategy that allows a home to accommodate homeowner needs over their lifetime. Part 10 on this Visible Green Home® Tour of this PHIUS+2021 Zero, design certified Passive House, shares how we have created a home that will serve our clients throughout their journey, come what may

The final component of the building envelope is the basement slab. Part nine of the Visible Green Home® Tour presentation of this PHIUS+2021 Zero, design certified, Passive House shows how we addressed both the thermal component reducing energy loss to the ground, and how we are managing groundwater

In a high-performance home we have to continue the management of the thermal envelope below grade. This segment of the Visible Green Home® Tour presentation of this PHIUS+2021 Zero, design certified, Passive House shows how we carried the high-performance envelope all the way down to the basement

Part seven of the Visible Green Home® Tour presentation of this PHIUS+2021 Zero, design certified, Passive House shows how we have created a super durable, highly ventilated, rain screen exterior wall assembly. This addresses primary bulk water management and facilitates the wall enclosure's drying "out"'

Euphemistically referred to as "The Lid", the ceiling plane is one of the crtically key components of a high-performance home. Part six of the Visible Green Home® Tour presentation of this PHIUS+2021 Zero, design certified, Passive House shares how we completed this important element of the thermal envelope.