Turnkey Eco Homes: Custom Design & Build Packages for Net‑Zero Living—Schedule a Free Consultation
Discover a streamlined, end‑to‑end pathway to a healthier, net‑zero home, combining custom architecture, engineering, permitting, and construction into one accountable team that manages risk, controls cost, and delivers measurable performance—book your free consultation to explore options, budget, timeline, and incentives tailored to your site and goals.
About Our Net‑Zero Design‑Build Team
We are an integrated architecture, engineering, and construction studio dedicated to delivering turnkey, net‑zero homes that prioritize health, comfort, and resilience. Our unified process reduces risk, compresses timelines, and aligns design intent with field execution, ensuring measurable performance, transparent costs, and a smooth experience from concept to keys.
Start with a Free Consultation
Begin your journey with a focused, no‑pressure conversation that clarifies your goals, budget expectations, site constraints, and timeline while outlining a transparent roadmap from concept through commissioning, so you understand scope, responsibilities, and next steps before investing in full design services.
What to Expect in 30 Minutes
During your initial call, we establish project objectives, discuss preferred square footage and style, review potential sites or existing lots, and outline realistic costs and timelines. You will leave with clear next steps, a preliminary feasibility outlook, and a list of documents to prepare for a productive follow‑up meeting.
Preparing Your Ideas and Budget
We encourage you to gather inspiration images, a prioritized wish list, and any surveys or utility information available for your property. Together, we align your budget with performance targets, clarifying trade‑offs among size, finishes, renewable capacity, and durability to ensure your investment supports long‑term comfort and low operating costs.
Scheduling and Next Steps
After the call, we propose a tailored discovery package that may include site analysis, energy modeling, and conceptual layouts. We confirm milestones, define deliverables, and schedule coordination with consultants, ensuring timelines remain achievable and that your project advances smoothly from feasibility to schematic design with accountable communication.
Net‑Zero by Design
We prioritize building envelope performance, passive strategies, and right‑sized systems, using iterative energy modeling to optimize insulation, air‑sealing, solar harvesting, ventilation, and storage so your home produces as much energy annually as it consumes under realistic occupancy, climate, and usage assumptions.
Envelope‑First Strategy
Our designs emphasize continuous insulation, thermal‑bridge mitigation, and rigorous air‑sealing to reduce heating and cooling loads before selecting equipment. By designing from the envelope outward, we downsize mechanical systems, improve comfort and acoustics, and ensure that long‑term operating expenses and emissions remain predictably low in varied seasonal conditions.
Passive Solar and Shading
We orient glazing to capture winter sun while employing tuned overhangs, exterior shading, and vegetation strategies to limit summer gains. Parametric simulations help balance daylight with glare control, minimizing artificial lighting needs and peak loads, supporting smaller HVAC equipment, and enhancing resilience during grid outages or extreme weather events.
Daylight and Indoor Air Quality
Careful window placement, light‑reflective surfaces, and high‑performance glazing deliver abundant natural light without excessive heat gain. Dedicated balanced ventilation with energy recovery maintains fresh air and humidity control, while filtration addresses particulates and allergens, creating healthy interiors aligned with WELL principles and net‑zero energy performance goals.
Site and Climate Intelligence
We analyze your microclimate, solar access, wind patterns, soils, utilities, and local hazards to make data‑driven layout and foundation choices that support durability, comfort, and energy independence while accelerating approvals and reducing construction risk throughout planning and build phases.
Materials for Healthy, Low‑Carbon Homes
We specify low‑embodied‑carbon structures, non‑toxic finishes, and durable components that reduce lifecycle impacts while maintaining aesthetics, budget, and performance, aligning with Environmental Product Declarations, VOC limits, circularity goals, and proven supplier quality standards.
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Depending on site and code, we consider advanced‑framing wood, engineered timber, insulated concrete forms with low‑carbon cement blends, or panelized solutions. We evaluate embodied carbon, thermal performance, and cost to select assemblies that deliver airtightness, resilience, and buildability without compromising schedule or architectural aspirations.
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We favor zero‑VOC paints, low‑formaldehyde cabinetry, mineral‑based plasters, and durable flooring that wears gracefully and cleans easily. Material choices consider maintenance cycles, indoor air quality, and environmental impact, supporting healthy living for occupants while lowering long‑term costs and preserving resale value.
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We practice careful takeoffs, panelization, and site sorting to minimize waste, and we engage suppliers offering take‑back or recycled content. Smart detailing extends component lifespans, enabling repair rather than replacement, and ensuring your home’s sustainability story extends from construction through decades of efficient operation.
High‑Performance Energy Systems
We right‑size electric heat pumps, energy recovery ventilation, solar photovoltaics, and battery storage to match modeled loads, comfort needs, and resilience goals while reducing complexity, noise, and maintenance through reliable, well‑integrated equipment selections.
Heat Pumps and Fresh Air Ventilation
We select cold‑climate air‑source heat pumps or ducted systems with modulating compressors for quiet comfort and efficiency. Balanced ERVs manage humidity and deliver filtered air, and duct layouts are optimized for low static pressure, ensuring efficiency matches real‑world performance across seasons and occupancy patterns.
Solar PV and Battery Storage
Roof geometry and structural allowances are coordinated early to support high‑yield arrays. We size PV and batteries using hourly load data, targeting net‑zero and maintaining critical circuits during outages, while addressing interconnection, incentives, warranties, and monitoring for transparent, long‑term performance verification.
Hot Water and Efficient Distribution
Heat pump water heaters, recirculation controls, and compact plumbing layouts reduce standby losses and wasted water. We specify insulated lines and smart mixing valves, achieving comfort at taps quickly while minimizing energy use, and we coordinate space requirements during design to avoid costly field modifications.
Smart Monitoring and Controls
Integrated controls and dashboards visualize energy, indoor air quality, and equipment status, enabling proactive maintenance and continuous optimization that keeps net‑zero targets on track without sacrificing comfort or usability.
Budgeting, Financing, and Incentives
We provide transparent cost modeling, payback analysis, and guidance on mortgages, green loans, rebates, and tax credits, aligning scope with affordability while preserving lifetime value, resilience, and comfort.
Transparent Cost Modeling
Our estimates detail structure, mechanicals, finishes, and site work, paired with a value‑engineering matrix that shows how choices influence cost, energy, and schedule. You get clarity on allowances, contingencies, escalation, and cash flow so there are no surprises as the project advances.
Green Financing Options
We coordinate with lenders offering energy‑efficient mortgages and construction loans that recognize lower operating costs and appraise solar, envelope upgrades, and storage. This helps you access favorable terms while protecting scope elements critical to achieving certified net‑zero performance and long‑term resilience.
Rebates and Tax Credits
Our team compiles eligible incentives for solar, heat pumps, battery storage, and envelope measures, preparing documentation and coordinating inspections when required. We model savings and timelines to ensure incentives are captured efficiently, improving your project’s bottom line without delaying approvals or construction.
Permitting and Compliance
We manage drawings, engineering, energy code documentation, and agency coordination to accelerate approvals and reduce revisions, avoiding delays that impact budget or schedule while ensuring your project meets all local and state requirements.
Construction Excellence
Our field teams execute with precision, coordinating trades, sequencing deliveries, and verifying details that protect airtightness, moisture control, and thermal continuity while maintaining a clean, safe site and clear communication.
Preconstruction and Mobilization
We lock scope, finalize shop drawings, and order long‑lead items before breaking ground, reducing change orders and idle time. Site logistics, protection plans, and quality benchmarks are communicated to every trade, ensuring the build proceeds efficiently and meets performance requirements established in design.
On‑Site Quality Control
Superintendents track checklists for flashing, insulation depth, air barrier continuity, and mechanical rough‑in layout. Photo documentation and interim blower‑door tests validate craftsmanship, and issues are resolved immediately, protecting schedule and ensuring the energy model’s assumptions remain accurate in the constructed reality.
Prefabrication and Off‑Site Options
Where beneficial, we integrate panelized walls, modular components, or trusses to reduce waste and weather risk. Off‑site fabrication improves tolerances and speeds installation, while on‑site fit‑up protocols ensure airtight connections, consistent detailing, and predictable progress regardless of seasonal conditions.
Verification and Commissioning
We test, tune, and document performance with blower‑door tests, duct leakage testing, hydronic balancing, and controls calibration, delivering evidence that your home meets net‑zero targets and comfort expectations.
Airtightness and Thermal Imaging
Blower‑door testing quantifies leakage and pinpoints issues using infrared scans so crews can correct gaps promptly. Post‑repair testing verifies improvements, protecting comfort and allowing smaller equipment to perform as intended with lower noise and better humidity control.
Systems Commissioning Protocols
We confirm equipment setpoints, airflow, and refrigerant charges, validate heat pump performance in multiple modes, and calibrate ERV balancing. Documentation, warranties, and maintenance schedules are compiled into a homeowner manual that supports efficient operation and simplifies future service calls.
Handover and Owner Training
At handover, we walk you through controls, filters, seasonal settings, and the monitoring app. You’ll understand what to expect from energy dashboards, how to care for equipment, and whom to contact for support or warranty claims at any point.
Warranty, Maintenance, and Support
We stand behind our work with clear warranties, preventive maintenance plans, and responsive service, ensuring your home continues to perform efficiently and comfortably for years after move‑in.
Year‑One Comprehensive Warranty
We promptly address workmanship issues and coordinate manufacturer claims for covered components. Routine quality checks and seasonal visits ensure systems operate as designed, and any small adjustments are made before they affect comfort or energy performance.
Preventive Maintenance Planning
We provide a calendar for filter changes, ERV core cleaning, condensate checks, and software updates. Optional service agreements include annual inspections and performance audits, protecting equipment life and preserving the net‑zero balance as occupants and usage patterns evolve.
Remote Support and Upgrades
Our team can review monitoring data, recommend optimizations, and coordinate upgrades like additional storage or EV charging. With secure remote access and clear protocols, we resolve concerns quickly and help you capitalize on new incentives and technology advancements.
Turnkey Packages and Specialized Services
Choose a complete design‑build package or targeted services that advance your project with precision. Every engagement includes clear deliverables, proactive communication, and performance validation, ensuring that decisions made on paper translate into reliable comfort, predictable costs, and verifiable net‑zero outcomes in the finished home.
Custom Net‑Zero Architectural Design
We develop concept through permit‑ready drawings with iterative energy modeling, envelope detailing, and coordinated engineering, aligning aesthetics with performance and budget. Deliverables include plans, sections, details, specifications, and energy code documentation ready for permitting and accurate construction pricing across competitive bids or turnkey delivery.
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Full Turnkey Build and Project Delivery
Our single‑contract approach covers procurement, scheduling, quality control, inspections, and commissioning. We coordinate trades, manage risk, and maintain budget visibility, delivering a move‑in‑ready home meeting airtightness, comfort, and net‑zero targets with verified results and comprehensive warranties documented at handover for peace of mind.
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Energy Modeling, Commissioning, and HERS Rating
We provide detailed load calculations, PV and storage sizing, and whole‑house commissioning with blower‑door testing and duct leakage verification. A HERS rating and performance report confirm outcomes, inform improvements, and support incentives, appraisals, and long‑term monitoring integrated with your chosen smart home platform.
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Stories and Proven Results
Learn from real projects with measured outcomes, including verified airtightness, monitored energy use, and homeowner comfort feedback, demonstrating consistent delivery of net‑zero targets across climates and budgets.
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Layouts for Living Well
We co‑create floor plans that balance openness and privacy, optimize storage, and support aging‑in‑place with thoughtful circulation and threshold‑free entries. Flexible rooms accommodate remote work, hobbies, or guests without compromising daylight, acoustics, or energy targets.
Finish Palettes and Fixtures
Curated finish packages simplify decisions, ensure availability, and maintain indoor air quality goals. Durable surfaces, water‑saving fixtures, and efficient lighting coordinate with your aesthetic, and tiered options clarify cost impacts so upgrades remain transparent and aligned with priorities.
Resilience and Backup Choices
From expanded battery storage to EV integration and greywater readiness, we present resilience options with clear payback and maintenance implications. You choose the level of autonomy appropriate for your needs without sacrificing simplicity or everyday usability.