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Cold Climate Passive House Retrofit in Connecticut

Framing
April 27, 2017
By
Dan Morrison

A collection of five videos on a Passive House Retrofit in Sharon, CT (climate zone 5) executed by Ben Bogie, Built to Last, LLC.

This is by no means an exhaustive disection of the construction process, but it gives a good overview of what they did, why they did it, and exactly how it was done.

This building has since been certified as PHIUS+ from the Passive House Institute US.

 

Thickening the Walls and Roof

Window Installation

Framing
Insulation & Air Sealing
WRB & Flashing
Windows & Doors
Video
aggregation

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