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HOUSE ASKEW
Single Family Residential
Adaptive Reuse, Deep Energy Retrofit
2,300 SF
Philadelphia, PA: Fishtown


This 3-story, 2300 sf brick rowhouse in Philadelphia is undergoing one of the city's first foam-free deep energy retrofits. Foregoing the toxicity and underperformance of spray foam, and instead using Building Biology and Passive House principles as guides this gut-job renovation will have a 21st century building enclosure as a model house for the Anthropocene. Hygrothermal modeling using WUFI will help ensure bi-directional vapor diffusion of accumulated moisture, helping the vapor-variable air barrier and dense packed cellulose greatly reduce this homes annual energy bill while reducing its contribution to climate change. This electric-only, "frack-free" house is solar-ready to push it closer to net-zero energy, and as a bonus will not support the hydraulic fracturing industry in its operation

PROJECT STATS
Zero Energy Ready Homes Certification
Building Metrics:
Home Energy Rating Score: 44
Airtightness: 2.22 ACH 50
Building Envelope:
Above Grade Walls: R-23
Roof: R-47
Building Systems:
Power / Fuel Source(s): All electric
Energy recovery ventilation
Appliances: Energy-Star
Solar ready
Foam-free assemblies
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