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Co-hosts Mike and Jennifer-Lee chat with Joe Geluch looking at infill housing solutions featuring a Passivhaus+ duplex project with two lock-off suites, built on a single-family lot as a solution to addressing Vancouver㽶Ƶֱs Missing Middle housing.
㽶ƵֱWe had the opportunity to present this project at the International Passive House Conference in Germany last year. People were interested in it as a new housing typology addressing the missing middle problem in Vancouver. Currently there is an incentive with the City of Vancouver until 2025 for the FSR exemption if you㽶Ƶֱre going for a certified passive house. This project got 18% extra floor area for doing a certified passive house duplex, which meant an additional 600 square feet total, essentially one extra bedroom per home,㽶Ƶֱ says Allison Holden-Pope of One Seed Architecture and Interiors.
Packed with information and ideas on infill housing solutions to address the missing middle, this episode explores how building to higher standards on a single-family lot can benefit your family and community.
㽶ƵֱPassive homes used to be all about energy efficiency, and now there is a focus on embodied carbon because you㽶Ƶֱve already set this base of a high-performance home. Let㽶Ƶֱs do it using as sustainable materials. I think that that㽶Ƶֱs how things are evolving. It㽶Ƶֱs ultimately everybody㽶Ƶֱs dream, that passive house doesn㽶Ƶֱt even get mentioned anymore because it㽶Ƶֱs code. That㽶Ƶֱs just how we build. That㽶Ƶֱs what we want to have happen.㽶Ƶֱ Joe Geluch, Naikoon Contracting.
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