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May 1, 2023 Blog by Rob Nicely

Passive House — The Benefits to Homeowners are Designed and Built-In to Every Home

Our fourth certified Passive House project, this one in Pebble Beach, California, breaks new ground in how high-performance homes with a low carbon footprint are designed and built.

Advanced Passive House software enables a deeper dive into energy modeling for sustainably designed and built homes

This project explores use of the PHribbon—advanced software that measures embodied carbon—requisite for Passive House Plus certification, our original goal for this project. It calculates all the carbon contained in the systems and materials used in building a certified Passive House. It’s the first time this software is being used in a home construction project in California’s Central Coast region. And it inspired Passive House Accelerator’s interest in the project. The data we glean from this project will demonstrate what’s possible for the future of home building in this area.

The many benefits continue to inspire homeowners to choose Passive House

When they visited our Countryside Passive House project, our Pebble Beach clients were quickly convinced that they wanted to live in a Passive House. The Pebble Beach project is a custom designed and built home that meets the needs and goals of the clients and is easy on the planet. It demonstrates that sustainable, energy-efficient, low-carbon-footprint design and building can apply to any type of construction. Explore the many benefits of living in a home built to Passive House standards. And read our blog on the Pebble Beach project.

Creating a community for Passive House design and building

Passive House Accelerator (PHA) is a collaborative platform for sharing innovation and thought leadership in Passive House design and construction. The website brings together practitioners, institutions, manufacturers and anyone concerned about buildings and climate change to dive into the details of creating better buildings. We are proud to have been invited to write an article on our certified Passive House project in Pebble Beach. Learn more about Passive House Accelerator in our post Everything You Wanted to Know About Passive House in One Convenient Spot.

Read about the significance of our Pebble Beach Passive House project

Learn more about Passive House and the groundbreaking nature of our Pebble Beach project by reading the Pebble Beach Passive article, published on Passivehouseacelerator.com on February 3, 2023.
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Rob Nicely
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Carmel Building & Design Article Featured By Passive House Accelerator
New ’embodied carbon’ measuring software used in building Pebble Beach passive house (Monterey Herald, 2023)

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Rob Nicely

President & Partner

Rob studied art at the University of California, Davis and has been in the construction industry since 1980. His rare combination of technical expertise and artistic sensibility enables him to provide a unique and exceptional experience for clients. As president, Rob leads by example. He is dedicated to the highest standards of quality and customer service, and to using the latest techniques and technologies to create environmentally mindful homes.
Rob is a Certified Green Building Professional (Build It Green) and Certified Passive House Consultant (Passive House Institute). He has served on the Passive House California board of directors since January 2018. Over the years Rob has garnered several accreditations. He participates in a variety of advocacy efforts, all focused on improving the quality of homes that Carmel Building & Design produces and increasing the ecological sustainability of the building industry in general. In his leisure time, Rob enjoys sculpting and painting.