Page 23 - Green Builder March-April 2017 Issue

Simply the HOME OF THE YEAR AWARDS

Right Size Mainstream Green Winner
2016

For this Chicago-

area Passive House,

energy performance,

durability and health

are interdependent.

BY JULIET GRABLE
HEN ARCHITECT TOM Bassett-Dilley
and Evolutionary Home Builders
teamed up to replace an aging home in
historic Oak Park, Ill., they wanted to
pay homage to the region’s early 20th-
W century architecture. They also wanted
to design and build a high-performance Passive
House. Oak Park, a large suburb west of Chicago,
includes homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
and E.E. Roberts.

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