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RPA LSM Net Zero House

Video : Construction Nearly Complete on New Energy-Efficient Home

SPRING LAKE HEIGHTS – Construction is nearly complete on a new, energy-efficient home at the Jersey Shore. Known as a “net zero” home, most of the Spring Lake Heights house was already constructed in Maryland. Once it is finished, the new homeowners will likely pay very little, if anything at all in heating and cooling costs. “This house will generate as much energy as it uses on an annual basis,” says architect Rich Pedranti.     “This house was built…

Ecocor Vimeo Prefabricated Passive House

Ecocor | Prefabricated Passive House | Searsmont, Maine

Ecocor is a construction firm that designs, manufactures, delivers and assembles high performance buildings throughout North America. Ecocor’s patent pending foundation and wall designs reduce energy consumption for heating and cooling buildings by 80-90%, which substantially reduces the cost of ownership and the building’s carbon footprint, while increasing the comfort of its owners. Using panelized building components as a construction platform, Ecocor has better control, higher quality and much shorter time-to-occupancy than any site-built construction. Prefab is a construction method…