Abstract
CARB is working with the EcoVillage co-housing community in Ithaca, New York, on their third neighborhood called the Third Residential EcoVillage Experience (TREE). This community scale project consists of 40 housing units --15 apartments and 25 single family residences. The community is pursuing certifications for DOE Zero Energy Ready Home, U.S. Green Building Council Leadership in Energy andEnvironmental Design Gold, and ENERGY STAR for the entire project. Additionally, seven of the 25 homes, along with the four-story apartment building and community center, are being constructed to the Passive House (PH) design standard.
| Original language | American English |
|---|---|
| Number of pages | 66 |
| State | Published - 2015 |
Bibliographical note
Work performed by Consortium for Advanced Residential Buildings (CARB), Norwalk, ConnecticutNREL Publication Number
- NREL/SR-5500-63173
Other Report Number
- DOE/GO-102015-4550
Keywords
- Building America
- CARB II
- double walls
- ecovillage
- ENERGY STAR v3
- HVAC sizing
- Manual J 8th edition
- passive house
- passive house planning package
- passive solar
- residential
- residential buildings
- super-insulated walls