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Co-hosts Mike and Jennifer-Lee chat with Joe Geluch looking at infill housing solutions featuring a Passivhaus+ duplex project with two lock-off suites, built on a single-family lot as a solution to addressing Vancouver91Ƶs Missing Middle housing.

91ƵWe had the opportunity to present this project at the International Passive House Conference in Germany last year. People were interested in it as a new housing typology addressing the missing middle problem in Vancouver. Currently there is an incentive with the City of Vancouver until 2025 for the FSR exemption if you91Ƶre going for a certified passive house. This project got 18% extra floor area for doing a certified passive house duplex, which meant an additional 600 square feet total, essentially one extra bedroom per home,91Ƶ says Allison Holden-Pope of One Seed Architecture and Interiors.

Packed with information and ideas on infill housing solutions to address the missing middle, this episode explores how building to higher standards on a single-family lot can benefit your family and community.

91ƵPassive homes used to be all about energy efficiency, and now there is a focus on embodied carbon because you91Ƶve already set this base of a high-performance home. Let91Ƶs do it using as sustainable materials. I think that that91Ƶs how things are evolving. It91Ƶs ultimately everybody91Ƶs dream, that passive house doesn91Ƶt even get mentioned anymore because it91Ƶs code. That91Ƶs just how we build. That91Ƶs what we want to have happen.91Ƶ Joe Geluch, Naikoon Contracting.

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Peter McCully

About the Author: Peter McCully

Peter has been a broadcaster and publisher on both of Canada91Ƶs coasts and has owned a small newspaper and run an advertising agency along the way.
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