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Modern living. Wayne Turett’s Passive House was designed to be an example of energy-saving
technologies at their finest. CREDIT: COURTESY OF TURETT COLLABORATIVE
Saved by BY GREEN BUILDER STAFF technologies could work.
OU WOULDN’T THINK there
“A few years ago I started to see more
would be much of a link information on Passive Houses in a number
of architectural journals,” Turett says on his
between COVID-19 and the
(Net) Zero Y a couple months inside a home website at www.turettarch.com. “The con-
way a house is built. But spend
cept was simple: design a house that was
with an outdated ventilation system or very well insulated and sealed, allowing
decaying windows and you might change very little infiltration that would reduce the
When people stay your mind—both in terms of comfort, as the demand for heating and cooling. That was
weather warms, and finances, when you get the way I understood it. Perhaps I oversim-
at home, energy your power bills. plified it in my mind. Unlike LEED, which
takes many other factors in consideration,
Coronavirus, meet Net Zero. A well-
efficiency is a must. planned, energy efficient house can make Passive House was a much more simple
recipe for a very efficient house.”
the next stay-at-home scenario (and it will
After three-years of researching, sketching
Builder Wayne Turett happen again, one day or another) tolerable. and planning, he decided to embark upon
Maybe even fun.
That brings us to architect Wayne Turett,
came to that principal of the Turett Collaborative, a New creating and living in a passive home of his
own. His dream was realized in 2018 as a
York City-based residential architecture carbon neutral design that fuses his mod-
conclusion several and interior design firm. Concerned about ern aesthetic with an historical, barn-style
over consumption in the post-industrial exterior, more in keeping with the village of
years ago. modern world and how it affects our ability Greenport, N.Y., on the North Fork of Long
to maintain a healthy planet, Turett wanted Island.
not only to design, but to experience for As is true to the Passive House move-
himself just how well energy-efficient ment and standards, this modern home with

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