with Alexi Arango
Saturday, February 4, 10am
FREE registration appreciated

A comfortable, affordable home that doesn’t use a single drop of fossil fuels, The Potwine Passive House uses 8 times less energy than the typical Massachusetts home while not compromising on style, affordability, comfort, or convenience. Body heat and the sun provide a remarkable 75% of the super-insulated home’s heating needs while efficient lighting, appliances, and smart design save electricity all around. The affordable home is the first Certified Passive House in Western Massachusetts. The term “passive house” refers to a modern approach to home design that relies on computer modeling, new building techniques, advanced window technology, and clever energy saving features. In the same way that your thermos holds in heat, a continuous layer of foam surrounds the home, even underneath, to keep the inhabitants warm during the winter and cool during the summer. Award-winning architecture firm GO Logic designed the home to feel spacious and modern on the inside, despite the modest 1,100 square foot size, and clean and elegant on the outside, using exterior styling cues reminiscent of early New England colonial architecture. The home was built by the Amherst-based firm Integrity Development and Construction and completed in 2015.