Wayland Passive House
This 4,300 sq.ft. home was designed so our clients could live there for the rest of their lives. Resilient to weather extremes, the home provides a safe, healthy, and comfortable environment using passive solar strategies, exceptional air tightness, programmed ventilation and heating, and a solar system with battery backup to keep the owners comfortable during severe weather and power outages. Energy usage is 16% of a conventionally built home and is Passive House Certified.
This contemporary French Style Chateau home features views to conservation land from every room, a brick exterior and a slate roof, walnut floors, and unique interior detailing. The roof was designed to collect rainwater stored in two underground cisterns for landscaping irrigation.
For more information about Passive Houses, visit Passive House Institute US (PHIUS) at http://www.phius.org.
Custom home that is passive certified and net zero and includes state-of-the-art heating, cooling and ventilation and a 12-kW photovoltaic system. Featured in the October 2017 issue of ‘Builder + Architect’ magazine.
Living area.
Owners’ accessible bathroom shower.
Interior door to the gathering room with glass work by Brookline artist Emanuel Genovese.
Kitchen, featuring museum-quality cabinets, stone countertops, a paneled ceiling.
Stairway, featuring walnut treads, stainless steel handrails, and guards, stone wall at landing.
Glass sculpture in the ceiling of the gathering room, 6 ft. in diameter, 2’6” high at the center, representing the 19 months of the Baha’i calendar.