The House

The floors, walls, roofs and windows of high-performance homes should be built air-tight in order to reduce uncomfortable drafts and the amount of warm air escaping the building in winter. This air-se [..]

The ‘Envelope’ of the home is architecture-talk for the outside layer of the building. In modern buildings, this ‘envelope’ is made of many layers, each with a special role to play. Cutting edge mater [..]

As we use up the world’s fossil fuels to power our cars, homes and businesses we are also filling up the earth’s atmosphere with greenhouse gases such as CO2. The unprecedented concentrations of these [..]

Fossil Fuels are the world’s primary energy source. The burning of these fuels (such as Natural Gas, Oil and Coal) to create energy is the primary driver of the global climate change currently affecti [..]

These roof mounted panels convert the sun’s rays into electrical energy able to power our homes’ heating, cooling, hot water and appliances. The SURE HOUSE has enough Solar Photovoltaic panels on its [..]

Passive House is a type of high-performance building which focuses on conserving energy through thick insulation, air sealing and other simple measures to reduce energy use. This standard, administere [..]

Insulation is used to keep the heat inside our buildings in the winter, and keep the heat out in summer. Our ‘Super Insulated’ SURE HOUSE has almost twice the level of insulation of a typical home whi [..]

The sun can provide almost all of the energy our buildings need if are smart enough to capture it. While thick insulation can keep heat from escaping from the SURE HOUSE, advanced windows can bring in [..]

In air-tight homes, fresh air needs to the provided via a continuous Heat Recovery Ventilation system. This HRV runs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to provide clean, filtered air to all the spaces of t [..]