Designs for Life

Make sure your windows are doing more than just providing a view, by getting them checked out by the Green Building Center using Building Envelope Commissioning! Windows can either help or hurt your building envelope, acting as useful tools to capture light and heat or dangerous weak points that cost you on utilities such as heating and cooling. By getting a thermal scan of your building, we can identify any window weak points and nip those issues in the bud, saving you tons of energy especially during the warm summer months. Don’t wait until the next heat wave! Reach out to [email protected] and get the most out of your windows today.

The Green Building Center is being proactive towards your sustainable goals by becoming Passive House professionals! Passive House certification provides a clear path to carbon neutrality, building your project from the ground up to be as eco-friendly as can be. We aim to use our newfound expertise in this area to save our projects money on utility bills and exceed their green building expectations by taking full advantage of the science behind passive house to create the healthiest and most energy efficient buildings for our clients. To learn more about all the good Passive House can do for your next project, reach out to [email protected]!

Harness the sun to heat your home! An effective building envelope can do so much to help keep your space at a comfortable temperature. Passive Solar design works with the sun to save you money by heating and cooling your space naturally. This conservatory can benefit highly from direct gain systems for example, in which a space is heated directly by the sun through glass. Thicker walls of this historic house also benefit from indirect gain systems, thermal mass, where the thick walls slowly transfer temperature over time. There is so much benefit to building in harmony with nature, so we design to utilize and protect it while saving you energy and shrinking your utility bill. To find out how your space can work with its environment through techniques like passive solar design, contact [email protected] to learn more!