The Desert Comfort Experience Home was designed with the understanding that a high-performance home depends first on reduced energy demand and a durable, airtight building envelope...
The Desert Comfort Experience Home uses innovative small-diameter duct runs to optimize Mitsubishi’s zoned heating and cooling system and distribute fresh air throughout the house. | Photos: Alex LaLiberte
A more efficient conditioned air distribution system optimizes zoned heating, cooling, and fresh-air ventilation equipment for ideal indoor comfort
Oct. 2, 2022
Scroll down to read about LP WeatherLogic Structural I Rated Sheathing and some of other products used to maximize the Desert Comfort Idea Home's energy efficiency. | Image: LP Structural Solutions
The custom home in Arizona’s Sonoran Desert set some ambitious net zero home-performance goals. These building products help to meet them
May 16, 2023
The Desert Comfort Experience Home uses Insulated Concrete Forms (ICFs) for its perimeter wall structure, creating a strong, well-insulated, and air-sealed thermal enclosure. | Photos: Alex LaLiberte
The use of an integrally insulated concrete-based system of ICFs for the home’s above-grade perimeter walls ensures a tight, thermally resistant shell
Feb. 18, 2022
The Desert Comfort Idea Home, including a detached casita, achieves net-zero energy use, indoor comfort and health, and resilience in a harsh desert climate. | Photo: Alex LaLiberte
A challenging environment, ambitious building-performance goals, and modern aesthetics come together in a stunning, net zero custom home in Arizona's Sonoran Desert
June 2, 2023
The 8-by-24-foot, 1-foot-thick structural insulated panels (SIPs) were set in place as the roof deck in about a day.
The net-zero energy Desert Comfort Experience Home combines multiple solutions to protect the house from its extreme climate conditions
June 2, 2022
After enduring a 32-week permitting process, the Desert Comfort project team set out to excavate the site, mindful of environmentally sensitive soils, plants, and watersheds.
This net-zero energy home in the Arizona desert weathered its share of delays before construction started, highlighting building industry inefficiencies—all exacerbated by the...
