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Plant Prefab’s New Passive Homes Push The Boundaries of Sustainability
Prefabricated design and construction company Plant Prefab has launched its first-ever collection of passive homes in collaboration with the Richard Pedranti Architect (RPA) firm. Plant and RPA designed three customizable passive homes called LivingHomes: the RPA LivingHome 1, 2, and 3—and all three homes meet the passive house standards of sustainability to ensure the lowest possible impact on the planet. The passive homes, ranging in size between 2,218 to 3,182 square feet and featuring three to four bedrooms each, were…
Week in Tech: Plant Prefab’s Passive Houses
Rialto, Calif.–based prefabricated housing manufacturer Plant Prefab has launched its first series of Passive House LivingHomes, dubbing the trio RPA LivingHome 1, 2, and 3. Designed in partnership with the Milford, Pa.–based firm Richard Pedranti Architect, the three- and four-bedroom houses feature high-performance windows and doors, an airtight envelope, balanced ventilation. They also require 80% less energy than conventionally built residential structures, per passive house standards. The houses, all of which are constructed from Plant Prefab’s Plant Modules and Plant…
Plant Prefab Launches Its First Passive House LivingHomes with Net-Zero Capabilities
Plant Prefab raises the bar for green building with three Richard Pedranti Architect–designed dwellings that meet rigorous Passive House standards. Plant Prefab has teamed up with Richard Pedranti Architect (RPA) to create the first Passive House LivingHomes: three customizable, high-performance, factory-built homes that ship complete with all finishes, fixtures, and technical systems. As a certified Passive House Consultant and Builder, Richard Pedranti has completed multiple Passive House–certified homes on the East Coast and has turned his firm into a national…
Plant Prefab Partners with Richard Pedranti Architect on Customizable Passive Homes
Each of the Passive House LivingHomes is certified to use 80% less energy than a traditional home. Prefabrication design and construction firm Plant Prefab has made its first foray into passive house design with the launch of Passive House LivingHomes, a series of three home models—RPA LivingHome 1, 2, and 3—created in partnership with Richard Pedranti Architect. The Passive House LivingHomes range from three to four bedrooms and 2,218 to 3,182 square feet in size. RPA LivingHomes 1 and 2…
Plant Prefab Goes Passive House
Richard Pedrantri designs the first Passive House LivingHomes. Steve Glenn founded LivingHomes in 2004 as “a designer and developer of modern, prefabricated homes that combine world-class architecture with an unparalleled commitment to healthy and sustainable construction.” I met him that year at a modern prefab conference in Austin, Texas, when I was working with a prefab company in Canada, trying to make it easy for people to get great designs by some of the best architects, and trying to convince…
Plant Prefab Partners with Richard Pedranti Architect to Launch its First Passive House LivingHomes
Three Customizable Designs Offer Advanced Passive House Technology for Efficient Prefabrication RIALTO, California – January 26, 2021: Plant Prefab, the nation’s first Certified B CorporationTM prefabricated design and construction company, launches its first ever Passive House LivingHomes, the RPA LivingHome 1, 2, and 3, designed in partnership with new Plant Design Partner Richard Pedranti Architect (RPA). A national leader in Passive House design, RPA joins the roster of acclaimed Plant Design Partners that includes Ray Kappe, KieranTimberlake, Koto Design, Yves…
Richard Pedranti Architect Receives Two Awards from AIA Pennsylvania for Design Excellence and Environmental Design
Modern Prefabricated Energy Efficient Homes in Spring Lake, NJ and Albany NY are Recognized MILFORD, PA – December 10, 2020 – Richard Pedranti Architect (RPA), a full-service architecture firm focused on energy-efficient design and headquartered in Milford, Pennsylvania, has been recognized by the Pennsylvania Chapter of the prestigious American Institute of Architects (AIA) and their Committee on the Environment (COTE) for environmentally sustainable projects in Spring Lake Heights, New Jersey and Albany, New York. 2020 AIA Pennsylvania Architectural Excellence Design…
Jersey Shore House is Net-Zero with Passive Principles
The Lang/St. Marie Residence on the New Jersey shore is interesting for a number of reasons. It was pitched as a net-zero building, defined as one which “produces as much renewable energy as it consumes over the course of a year, leaving the occupants with a net-zero energy bill and a carbon-free home.” But it is designed by Richard Pedranti Architect (RPA), known to Treehugger as a specialist in Passive House and as a proselytizer for prefabrication. In fact, the…
