Project Specs
Location: | Vancouver, British Columbia |
Climate Zone: | Cool-Temperate |
Building Type: | Single Family Residential |
Project Phase: | Certified |
Certification Type: | Passive House Classic |
Year of Construction: | 2016 |
Gross Floor Area (m2): | 325 |
Treated Floor Area (m2): | 237.4 |
PHPP Verification: | Download |
Project Description
This single family, detached split level residential home is situated on a corner lot along a bicycle route in the heart of Central Vancouver’s Mount Pleasant neighbourhood. Both the home owner and the builder are committed to building a house that is as sustainable as possible and we are in the process of targeting Passive House certification. Some of the green initiatives we have constructed so far include:
- Construction waste diversion strategies
- ICF basement walls = R-42
- 15” thick exterior walls = R-47
- Roof assembly = R-57
- Dow Corning aerogel insulation blankets at R-9.6 per inch to reduce thermal bridging
- SIGA building envelope system
- Gaulhofer triple pane high performance windows & doors
- Zehnder ComfoAir 550 Heat Recovery Ventilator
- Post HRV make up air boost heater with electric coil
- Sanden CO2 eco friendly hot water tank
- Power-Pipe drain water heat recovery exchanger
- Wolf magnetic induction electric cooktop
- Electric heat pump ventless condensing clothes dryer
- Solar tubes for rooftop solar panel futureproofing
- LED lighting
- Green roofs
Thermal Envelope
Exterior Wall: | Timber frame stud wall insulated with mineral wool (036) 203mm and an additional inner mineral wool insulation (037) 89mm. U-value = 0.123 W/(m2K) |
Basement Floor/Floor Slab: | Concrete slab insulated with EPS (038) 406mm U-value = 0.093 W/(m2K) |
Roof: | Timber frame roof trusses insulated with mineral wool (037) 375mm and a inner layer of Polyiso rigid (024) 76mm U-value = 0.102 W/(m2K) |
Window: | Triple glazing unit low e coating and argon filled U g-value = 0.5 W/(m2K) g -value = 51 % |
Mechanical System
Ventilation: | zehnder , ComfoAir550 Heat recovery ventilation system supplying fresh air to all living rooms and extracting from all wet rooms. eff. specif. HRE: 82.2% |
Heating/Cooling: | Electrical devices |
Domestic Hot Water: | Heat pump air to water |