Enduro Builders shows a home built almost like a Passive House but slightly less airtight, so owners open windows instead of needing heat-recovery ventilation. Thermal bridges cause mold and condensation, so they're eliminated entirely. The house has an indoor pool, which demands careful moisture management to prevent mold.
So I'm standing in front of an example of an energy-efficient specification home. So when we build energy-efficient specification homes, we make them a little bit less airtight, still more airtight than just about anything else you can buy, and what that enables us to do is omit the use of heat recovery ventilation. The only drawback for homeowners is that it means they have to be a little bit more conscious of opening and closing windows and doors to naturally The other pillars of a Passive House that we still implement even into an energy-efficient spec are thermal insulation, the high-performance glazing, and the thermal bridge-free construction. Thermal bridges are dealt with in all of our builds because they are the number one cause of mould and condensation problems in houses. This house in particular has a pool indoors, which means that there's one room in this house that has incredibly high moisture loads, and dealing with them correctly Absolutely. Is critical to ensuring that this house doesn't have any mould problems throughout its life.
