Our Director of Operations, Mark Attard, shares both professional perspective and personal experience on the impacts of passive house construction on a home's resilience to natural disasters and climate change.

Matt travels to Superior, Colorado to meet Joubert Homes to demonstrate how they are building to resist forest fires and other harsh environment conditions. 

If there's one thing Peter and Michelle Ruprecht don't miss about their old home, it's the chills and drafts that would leak in each winter.

“Built with "firewise" construction using non-combustible cladding and roofing, triple-pane windows with tempered glass, and no overhangs that fire and wind can get under.”

“It is an ultra-high performance alternative to other options for rebuilding that will be comparable in price to conventional construction but provide an unparalleled level of comfort, clean air, and long term energy savings.” - Rocky Mountain PBS

Passive House Accelerator talks to our Director of Business Development, Mark Attard, about his retrofitted home and what in his expert opinion protected his home from being destroyed in the 2021 Marshall fire.