To build a truly passive house, architects, designers, builders and homeowners should focus on these project deliverables:

• Create a highly insulated building envelope.
• Add a continuous air-sealed layer.
• Eliminate thermal bridges.
• Ensure heat recovery ventilation.
• Install high-performance glazing.

These can be costly. But they don’t have to be—if you scale your project using Efficient Habitat’s process.

Efficiency-conscious design allows you to bask in the comforts of home while—to heed the words of Glenn Murcutt—touching the earth lightly.