Never Freeze Your Pipes Again! Aquor Hose Bibb for Passive Home | I walk through the installation of an Aquor hose bibb on a passive house and explain why it’s such a great fit for high-performance builds. One of the biggest benefits is that it’s completely...
What makes a high-performance building enclosure work? In this video, the team looks at the wall, roof, and floor assemblies used to renovate a 1920s Atlanta home to the Passive House standard.
See how outriggers create traditional roof overhangs while maintaining continuous air and thermal control layers in a Passive House enclosure.
HVAC Design for a Passive House in Atlanta | In this Atlanta Passive House project, Matt Hoots of SawHorse joins Chris Laumer-Giddens of LG Squared to walk through the integrated mechanical design for a roughly...
Energy Independence Day | Matt Hoots is a green builder and owner of SawHorse, a full-service design + build firm in Atlanta, GA. Check out his blog at https://sawhorse.net/blog/.
Passive House Patio || Insulation and Waterproofing Details | One of the main challenges with building a #passivehouse with continuous insulation is adding the last layer of finishes. We encountered a challenging design scenario on a walk-out patio over a finished...
Matt Hoots explains why continuous air and thermal-control layers are essential to airtight, durable high-performance homes—especially in Atlanta’s hot, humid climate.
Green Building Science guru Chris Laumer-Giddens reviews the Passive House Prescriptive checklist with green builder Matt Hoots. They discuss the reason why they chose this certification for the 1920sMakeoverATL “learning house”
Green Builder, Matt Hoots review the GA Energy Code, and Green Architect, Chris Laumer-Giddens reviews the Passive House checklist for Climate Zone 3.
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