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@@jfawkesX having no furnace and no gas is complicated? Contrarily it’s simplifies most families lifestyles.

@@M896 the point is saving space because There is 2 full washrooms, not 3 as would be in most 2+ bedroom homes

Not if you have 3+ people living in a home. There are those times when 2 or more people HAVE to use the bathroom.

@@ericscott3997 Ridiculous to sacrifice valuable living space to accommodate a 15 minute window of contention.

@@ericscott3997 there’s nothing wrong with putting more washrooms in the house if that’s what you require, for practical cost-effectiveness, most houses have two full washrooms and one powder room. This house saves space by integrating the powder room into the secondary full washroom.

@@M896 well said!

@@gorginfazli1 amazing additional information! Overall value and longevity are great points, thanks for contributing to the conversation! ✌️

@@Jmaninaz1 amazing! Good luck with your search for a land, it would be great to modify a design to suit your vision on your future property! 👍

@@EkoBuiltPassiveHomes I will be in touch as soon as I secure some land. It is just me and my 2 dogs, so a small home is preferred, probably something in the 1000-1200 sq ft range (I am a bit claustrophobic but maybe with high ceilings and windows something smaller could work). Anyway, I love your company and what you're all about--look forward to speaking with you down the line!

@@seancurtis5307 Good point, Thanks for the suggestion 👍

​@@EkoBuiltPassiveHomesI plab on building passive here in the near future, might even look to you guys for help

@@scottdroesse450 you would be surprised how affordable the windows are . As said in the video, this is a construction stage video, very nice of the homeowner, allowing us to do a walk-through video. Yes some spray foam has to be cleaned off of the aluminum window frames during the finish stage. Glad you liked the rest of the video.

@@bobdeslob8768 This house is far from a conventional IKEA type home, it is a passive house that costs less than $150 per year for heating and cooling, also strong enough to withstand hurricane/tornado force winds. The best part is it only cost 5 to 10% more than a conventional house built with the same exterior and interior finishes

@@eule814 We recommend the Mitsubishi and Fujitsu products because they work at extremely low temperatures, most other heat pump products need back up heat but no backup Heat required regardless of temperature with Mitsubishi or Fujitsu Model number depends on heat loss calculations, there’s many different sizes

@EkoBuiltPassiveHomes I appreciate it, thank you.

@@gorginfazli1 Yes, you know, passive houses are often referred to as ‘expensive’ by some, who just don’t know any better. In reality it is a house that has a minimal 5-10% incremental cost which is instantly offset with savings in utilities. And those who choose to put a net zero solar array on the roof connected to the net metering program, now it actually becomes a house that makes money. ✌️

@@gorginfazli1 yes, large patio doors are used quite often, you can normally go up to 35% glass in the southern most facing wall without sacrificing efficiency. As an example see our hummingbird model here, ekobuilt.com/ekobuilts-services/ottawa-passive-house/passive-house-plans/hummingbird-1-plan/

@@qualitybydesign5119 The point is cost savings. Without this additional storage space, the house would need to be built, larger for many people however, with these storage spaces, the house would not have to be built larger. At $250 ft.² to $350 ft.² cost to build = thousands of dollars saved, allowing for a most affordable house. Without these storage spaces = more costly house. Affordable and sustainable 🇨🇦

I agree that this overhead storage is a bonus if a new home buyer is fine with the visual of this storage solution. The video states to do the math. 200 square feet x $250 = $50K. Bonus space yes but not a $50K as is implied. We can agree to disagree. 🇨🇦

@@gorginfazli1 so true, what often forgotten is the space between the window and the frame and thermal bridge protection of the entire joint, including the window frame ✌️

@@dustinabc the reality is HOMES cost more now with respect to wages vs cost of living. Labour increases, material increases, fuel increases, manufacturing increases., etc.. Solve this problem by building a proportionately smaller house now compared to what would have been built larger in the past ✌️

@@spence2294 thanks for your opinion, a larger masters are a great possibility. Yes,👍 however for someone who’s looking for a master bedroom to be small as possible, but still fit a king size bed, a 10 x 12 is workable and saves thousands of dollars compared to larger master bedrooms for those who need to save money

@@dannybauman1454 if you actually listened to the video, you would see our communications involve simple rebuttals to HVAC confusions, communications on cost, and found foundation (slab vs foundation) the video obviously suggests net zero passive house is complicated and unaffordable. In reality it’s a house that can have 5 to 10% incremental cost. And the cost is more than offset with savings in utilities. Passive house is a home with purpose in a sustainable world, simple, and affordable for everyone, that’s all we are here to communicate ✌️

@@dannybauman1454 see in other comments, undecided Matt sent his own reply, all communications are respectful, respect is important to have at all levels in a sustainable world.

@@EkoBuiltPassiveHomes I watched the video. I still feel this is petty.

@@dannybauman1454 You are entitled to your opinion, of course. However, the intent of the video was to communicate, passivehouse simplicity, and affordability

@@EkoBuiltPassiveHomes fair enough.

@@UndecidedMF Hi Matt, thanks for the response, as we said in the videos, we love your channel in general, just when we saw your video, we felt it left the impression that a net zero/passivehouse is is still at the early adopter stage… an idealistic type of home with lots of great benefits, but also lots of complications making it expensive to build, not able to be done affordably… In reality, a net zero/passivehouse is one that can be built affordable with minimal 5 to 10% incremental cost over the conventional alternative, and that cost is more than offset with a net-zero net-metering program in place resulting in the home being net positive, essentially a house that makes money. Thanks for your comments above. We understand the pandemic costs increased, we actually built our recent demonstration home during this time as well. However, it didn’t make much sense because any house, not just passivehomes increased in cost the same percentage.. That said thanks for your comments, and will have to look at your book, sounds like it’s a good one ✌️

@@c5cpe you know the best part of a passive house is that it works like a thermos. Customers of ours most often don’t cut any trees down because it’s not required. Basically a passive house that has the ability to face South with no shading is optimal but even if the house is entirely shaded means it’s a house that will cost $300/yr to heat. Instead of $150.

@@markstipulkoski1389 Yes! 👍 building only as much spaces one needs is responsible for sure with less material used, reducing material, reducing GDP important for a self sustainable world

@@multipotentialite yes OSB with an integrated vapour barrier, holes are taped with a passive approved vapour barrier tape

@@duhhkotadepp-e1325 To clarify things…The passive houses we built are considered “resilient“ passive houses 3x stronger than a conventional home, approved for the Miami Dade wind requirements, and Lake Tahoe snow load requirements That along with a less than $200 per year cost to heat and cool, your future protected home ✌️

@@EkoBuiltPassiveHomesI’m talking shit without looking at your videos so my bad. Your houses don’t look bad, but in a general sense new builds are very crappy build quality.

@ good to hear you appreciate it! Yes, new homes built to conventional codes make no sense in the modern world for anyone that wants to protect their investment. Lots of investment opportunity with net zero net metered, passive houses that actually make money every year ✌️

@@gorginfazli1 thanks and please share the info, every passive house built is one step closer to a self sustainable world ✌️

@@gorginfazli1 exterior and interior blind options are available, however, there are no integrated (between pane) blind options because this would remove the vacuum like performance qualities of the glass

@@KJSvitko yes exactly, energy efficiency at the passive levels is on that saves so much energy. It can be considered a house that makes money compared to the conventional alternative.

@@ericscott3997 yes correct wood stove would only be used marginally for heating, circulation is done intrinsically through the thermos like environment and indirectly through the ERV system

@@dougcarlson6800 very interesting, we are so happy to be considered on the same playing field as Frank Lloyd Wright ✌️

@@gorginfazli1 yes a passive home with a wood stove only requires 1 - 2 face cords of wood in a cold winter climate, approximate $150 cost, even if you had to buy the wood

Thanks for sharing! Can you recommend a brand/ type of wood stove?

@ the Swedish stuv is popular, that said any wood stove less than 25,000 BTU would work well

@EkoBuiltPassiveHomes thanks! In my current build, I have a high valley model 1300 non-catalytic stove. I was wondering if there was a specific type to look for that either reburned the gases or sealed when not in use

@@jacquesmertens3369 nice, a passive home is a independent home that takes care of itself and maintains comfort for everyone in the home ✌️

@@KJSvitko Yes Accessible design is part of having a future protected home. The Nova Scotia building code requires all new homes to be designed accessible with other North American houses to follow

@@KJSvitko Yes!

@@KJSvitko Yes 👍 , window coverings are a good consideration for East / West windows preventing horizontal sunlight from overheating

@@DonMeaker Any house in a radon existent area will have radon in the house which is why radon barriers or mitigation strategies should be part of ANY future protected home. Passivehouse focuses on a future protected home at many levels, radon protection being one of them

@@jesseq70 including a wood stove is a good idea for any off-grid project or one with inexpensive wood supply

@@alko_xo a benefit of a passive house is it keeps outside noise outside. It can also be accommodated to keep “outside interior room noise”’ outside of the interior rooms ✌️

@@ianmulhern5538 Thanks! Please subscribe and stay tuned for more

@@marsha1352 thanks! climate zone 5B but the heating and cooling system is same everywhere with an air source heat pump 👍 check out an interesting article here, ekobuilt.com/blog/heat-pumps-your-home-why-the-future-is-now/

@@markstipulkoski1389 doomed? Cellulose is the cheapest Insulation per R value in the world. And a renewable and recycled material so best of both worlds. ✌️

@@EkoBuiltPassiveHomesMy "doomed" reference was about how the AI was able to understand my English language descripion of the problem in mixed imperial/metric units and calculate the solution and explain the steps. Within 10 years, we may be able to say design a 2 story, 2000 sq ft passive house at this location. Go get a cup of coffee and look what it came up with, including 3D photorealistic walthroughs. Tell it what you like and don't like and to try again. Repeat process till you're satisfied and tell it to create detailed house and site plans and a detailed cost breakdown. You'll be done in day or less. I think it will still be more cost effective for humans to do the construction for a few more decades. It's already happening in the software coding world. That's the "doomed" I'm talking about. Feel free to delete my off topic comments. I just thought you'd be interested in how a free AI on your phone could make your work easier, until it takes over.✌️

@@markstipulkoski1389 Canada uses both metric and imperial, best of both worlds, I guess ✌️

@EkoBuiltPassiveHomes I agree. I am a boomer. Banter was the default manner of speaking amongst my friends. Less fear of offending someone. Hope you found humor in the video.

@@saleemcarr9501 $4000 electricity per year does sound high, what type of house do you live in? $4000 per year is the equivalent of approximately 40,000 kWh per year. You would need a solar array of approximately 40 KW TO PRODUCE THAT AMOUNT OF ENERGY OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR. To put in perspective , a passive house only requires approximately 7500 kWh per year, equivalent to a 7.5 kW solar array, which cost less than $20,000 to install and offset 100% of energy used. Build passive and you Will 100% be net-zero cheaply, and save thousands of dollars in the process while you live in ultimate comfort, go passive ✌️

@@saleemcarr9501 There are solar thermal heating systems, but that’s not what we’re talking about here. We’re simply talking about solar panels producing the equivalent amount energy that the house consumes on an annual basis AKA ‘net-zero’ on a net-metering program. For an electrically operated house, yes the solar panels are responsible for heating the home indirectly for Pennies every winter day..

@@mariagimenezribera2827 this video shows our Nepean Point model, please see the design page here, cost analysis document ekobuilt.com/ekobuilts-services/ottawa-coach-house-plans/coach-house-plans/nepean-point-floorplan/

@@Freynightwalker amazing to hear! Any questions anytime feel free to reach out to us at www.ekobuilt.com or explore our blog which contains a wealth of information ekobuilt.com/blog/