Home About Restorations & Renovations New Construction Portfolio Kind Words Blog Our Work All New Construction Renovations and Restorations A New Barn Steve and Elissa had already faithfully restored their 18th-century main house in Weston and now wanted to add some fun to the property. They chose to build a new timber-framed barn on the site of their old barn... only this one was made for kids and sleepovers, instead of hay and horses. View Project Historic Sumner Hill Our clients knew they had found their dream home the minute they laid eyes on it. The exterior may have fallen into disrepair, but the interior millwork was largely untouched and simply magnificent. View Project Saved a Beauty We were fortunate to be trusted to restore this magnificent Colonial Revival home. Once threatened with demolition, this home is now once again an architectural gem. View Project Load More Projects Let’s work together. Have a project on your mind? We would love to discuss it with you. Please reach out! Send Us a Message Landmark Services Our Work Restorations & Renovations New Construction Our Customers About Us Contact Us Recent Blog Posts Mark becomes a Certified Passive House Builder A Tale of Two Cambridge Renovations Passive House: Construction Details 326 Washington Street Annex Wellesley Hills, MA 02481 508.533.8393 office@landmarkservices.com

Home About Restorations & Renovations New Construction Portfolio Kind Words Blog Mark becomes a Certified Passive House Builder I recently took a 2 day course given by the Passive House Institute US (PHIUS). The course covered the theory and practice behind the passive house certification. Following the course, I successfully took the exam and I am now a Certified Passive House Builder (CPHB). As many of you know, I started Landmark Services in order to focus on saving and restoring historic houses. Over the past three decades we have had several hundred successful projects. In the past decade, though, we also began to work on some new construction projects. Many of these were so-called "high performance" homes" in which the components - windows, insulation, air barriers, etc. - were of significantly higher quality than was required by the building code. The goal of these projects is for the home to use far less energy, and therefore, be far more friendly to the planet. Our experience and our interest in this type of construction has grown exponentially. As we learned more about the field, the passive house standard of construction became more appealing. We worked on a passive house project in Maine. We hope to work on many more. Becoming a CPHB will help us toward that aim. Topics: High Performance Construction First Name* Last Name Email* Website Comment* Landmark Services Our Work Restorations & Renovations New Construction Our Customers About Us Contact Us Recent Blog Posts Mark becomes a Certified Passive House Builder A Tale of Two Cambridge Renovations Passive House: Construction Details 326 Washington Street Annex Wellesley Hills, MA 02481 508.533.8393 office@landmarkservices.com