PASSIVE HOUSE WHOLE-HOME REMODEL
WITH NEDC
Photo credit: Megan Booth
New England Design & Construction (NEDC) is one of Boston’s top Architectural Design Build creative firms. Specializing in the design and remodel of high-end and luxury homes across Boston, NEDC has taken a unique approach to sustainable whole-home creation with the unveiling of a stunning custom passive house retrofit.
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Architectural design, planning and full construction have now been completed on a custom NEDC Passive House retrofit in Somerville, Mass. This project involved the conversion of a standard two-family home into a custom single-family Passive House—designed exactly to client taste and planned to generate a carbon footprint of nearly zero.
This is the first single-family retrofitted Passive House in Massachusetts.
This family is setting an example for others in Massachusetts and beyond to pursue the design epitome of energy efficiency, and the benefits of health, interior air quality and comfort this brings.
NEDC was challenged to achieve a precise joyous and creative aesthetic the clients desired within the exacting sustainable framework and requirements of a Certified Passive House--essentially the gold standard of an eco home in today’s built environment.
NEDC achieved just that--and more.
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Initially gutted down to the studs, this two-family Somerville home was lovingly transformed into a single-family custom Passive House, replete with a vibrant color scheme, suspended staircase and custom library wall for the family cats to climb.
The clients are both local creative artists who took an uninspiring Victorian style home with vinyl siding and with the help of NEDC transformed it into a joyful expression of themselves... all while keeping with the playful character of the original home and neighborhood.
The home itself is now a work of art: vibrant, elegant, and a unique love letter to sustainability and the beauty of our Earth.
Photo credit: Megan Booth
A Passive House requires 90% less energy than a normal home and uses no heater or air conditioner. Heating occurs passively from the occupant's body heat, the sun, appliances, and interior lights. This innovative design markedly improves the interior air quality of the home, saves significantly on the heating bill, and is far better for the environment--greatly reducing the home's carbon footprint.
A Passive House offers:
· A drastically reduced carbon footprint
· Greatly improved interior air quality
· 90% less energy consumption than a customary home
The positive impact Passive House retrofits can have on the wellbeing of the environment and the health of the occupants is profound, and NEDC seeks to help foster this movement.
Photo credit: Megan Booth
NEDC is a vibrant boutique creative firm of 25 architects, interior designers and artisan builders with a focus on sustainable home design. Founded by David Muniz Supple in 2005 after graduating from Tufts Architectural in Boston, NEDC was established in the vision of the Architect as a Master Builder. As such, NEDC offers full service architectural design build services on a single platform—from initial client concept through architectural planning, interior design and full artisan build followed by a five-year warranty on all work.
Today NEDC is one of the top creative luxury architectural design build firms in the nation and have been published across a variety of media including Modern Luxury Boston Common, Modern Luxury Interiors, Boston Magazine, The Boston Globe, Boston.com and others. NEDC was awarded Best of Boston 2022. You can reach out to David at dave@nedesignbuild.com or reference NEDC’s website and Boston Home Remodeling Cost Guide here:
www.nedesignbuild.com
www.nedesignbuild.com/boston-remodeling-cost-guide/
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