Page 23 - Green Builder March-April 2017 Issue
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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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