Archives: 2012

 



What Sustainable Materials Does a Passive House Use?

Posted by kinesis on November 6, 2012 | Categories: Enery Efficiency, Passive, Passive Home


A home is only as sustainable as the materials used in its construction and the components on which it runs. At Clarum Homes, we care deeply about sustainability. In fact, our core purpose is to transform the way you live by creating greater comfort, greater health, and greater environmental sustainability. Our...

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Solar Electric Power Systems

Posted by Clarum on October 23, 2012 | Categories: Enery Efficiency, Passive Home, Roofing, solar


Harnessing the Sun Solar electric technology is fairly ingenious. With your rooftop tiled in solar panels, you can harness the sun’s radiation to power your home, charge a battery, and even earn a profit. Compared to the conventional alternative, a solar-powered home is not only more ecologically...

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Tour Palo Alto’s New Passive Home!

Posted by kinesis on October 15, 2012 | Categories: Passive Home


Saturday, October 20th from 1:00 - 5:00 pm 1510 Portola Avenue, Palo Alto Free! No tickets or reservations needed. Please join us at Palo Alto's new passive home for an afternoon devoted to sustainability and health building practices. Passive home standards can be integrated into a myriad of different...

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The Comfort of a Passive Home

Posted by kinesis on October 10, 2012 | Categories: Passive Home


Comfort can be subjective, but undefinable? Not at all. Plenty of research is available on the factors of human comfort: conditions which, when present, universally put us at ease and add to our well being. At Clarum, comfort is crucial. It's another reason we love passive design. Passive homes achieve...

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The Clarum Vision: Transforming the Building Industry

Posted by kinesis on October 8, 2012 | Categories: Passive, Passive Home


What does it mean to build a green home? What’s the future of passive building? How does Clarum Home fit into the overall picture of home construction? Meet John Suppes (Clarum’s President) and Sean Misskelley (Director of Construction), discussing these and other questions. Clarum Homes...

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Embodied Energy: A Measure of Sustainability

Posted by Clarum on October 4, 2012 | Categories: Enery Efficiency, Passive Home


What is Embodied Energy? Look at your house... your computer... the snack on your plate. How much did it cost? Now look deeper. For each of the goods (and services) that we purchase – from automobiles to groceries – there’s an invisible price tag behind the one that we can see. It’s the cost...

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Upcoming Events – Come Join Us!

Posted by Clarum on October 2, 2012 | Categories: Passive, Passive Home


Come see the Palo Alto Passive Home! October is a busy month for Passive Homes! Please join us at one of our several upcoming events. All events include our newest Palo Alto Passive Home, 1510 Portola Avenue. Please note that parking is limited; please consider parking at Palo Alto High School on Churchill...

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What Does a High-Performance Home Cost to Build?

Posted by Clarum on September 27, 2012 | Categories: Enery Efficiency, Passive, Passive Home


What Does a High-Performance Home Cost? Of course, it’s impossible to estimate the cost of any home without knowing all the variables, such as size and style. However, there are general patterns. "People are often surprised to learn that a high-performance home only costs 5-10% more than its conventionally-built...

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What is LEED Certification?

Posted by Clarum on September 24, 2012 | Categories: Enery Efficiency, Passive, Passive Home


What does it mean when a house is LEED certified? LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. It is an internationally recognized, third-party rating system for green building design – a standard we're very familiar with here at Clarum. The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)...

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What Exactly is a High-Performance Home?

Posted by kinesis on September 21, 2012 | Categories: Passive Home


High Performance in a Home...What Does It Mean? At present, there is no universal definition of a "high-performing home" in the construction industry. However, there is some consensus in the way that it is used. According to the New Home Stakeholders Group (Colorado), high performance means setting...

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