We chose the Miele brand clothes washer and drier, mainly because we wanted the best heat pump clothes drier we could afford. This heat pump clothes drier doesn't take or remove air from the house- that was the ticket for us! Learn a little more about these products from our friends in high-performance homes: Grace … Continue reading High Performance Laundry
Category: Technology
Indoor comfort control
Sensi Thermostat app - Ultimate control of your indoor climate (NOTE: My company TruTechTools is a re-seller of the Sensi Thermostat and the Sensi-Predict products.) We chose the Sensi Thermostat to control the 4 zones inside our home. Even though it's a well-designed, energy efficient home, physics (eg. stack effect) and nature (eg. wind, solar … Continue reading Indoor comfort control
Wait a minute, is this a high performance home or a personalized performance home?
While the subtitle of this blog is "A Personalized Performance Home", the first post talks a about a high performance home. What's the difference? Why the change? Originally we started off on the path of building a Passive House. In April 2018, shortly after purchasing the land to build on, we engaged the services of … Continue reading Wait a minute, is this a high performance home or a personalized performance home?