OAK PARK, IL
While its space planning and technology are entirely 21st-century, this “right-sized” new home echoes the scale and detailing of its bungalow and foursquare neighbors. Indoor-outdoor experience is optimized with a front screened porch, complete with a wood-burning fireplace. As a Passive House (the second in the Chicago region), it uses about 10 times less heating and cooling energy of a built-to-code home, and about 70% less energy overall.
Completed
2015
General Contractor
Evolutionary Home Builders
Structural Engineer
Goodfriend Magruder Structure
Third-party Testing and Verification
Eco Achievers
Photography
Hausman Photography
Energy Use
2019 Actual EUI = 18.1
Awards
Winner, Mainstream Green Home of the Year, Green Building Magazine, 2016,
Winner, Outstanding Single-Family Project, U.S. Green Buildling Council LEED Home Awards, 2017
Winner, PHIUS Project Awards, 2016
Press
BUILDER magazine, November 2016,
“The Next Big Thing: Healthy Homes”
Professional Builder, November 2016,
“High Performance, High Design”
Green Building and Design Magazine, Nov 2016,
“2nd Annual Passive Projects Design Awards Winners”
Crain’s Chicago, July 31, 2015,
“The secret to an energy-efficient home? No, it’s not solar”
Curbed, July 29, 2015
“This Stylish Passive House Doesn’t Need to Show Off”
TreeHugger.com, July 24, 2015,
“A Chicago house that is “healthy, efficient, and right-sized for comfortable living”
Chicago Tribune, April 6, 2015,
“Environmentally friendly house being built on Clinton Avenue”
Wednesday Journal, January 13, 2015,
“Passive houses, A new generation of homes in Oak Park”