Jake's Passive House | Bay Area

About the Project

Jake's Passive House is a completed single-family home in the Bay Area. The project was PHPP-modeled to climate zone 5 (San Jose, California) and engineered to meet Passive House airtightness and heating-load criteria across 5,285 ft² of treated floor area.

The home pairs a tightly insulated, vapor-open envelope with high-performance ventilation and Earth Bound Homes' commitment to healthy, non-toxic materials.

Verified PHPP Performance

Heating Demand

1.92

kBTU / (ft² · yr)

Heating Load

2.32

BTU / (hr · ft²)

Cooling Demand

2.46

kBTU / (ft² · yr)

Cooling Load

2.69

BTU / (hr · ft²)

Airtightness (n50)

0.6

ACH50 — target met

Primary Energy Demand

8.82

kBTU / (ft² · yr)

Treated Floor Area

5,285

ft² (491 m²)

Climate Zone

Warm — San Jose climate data

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Full PHPP results

The Passive House Planning Package (PHPP) is the international energy-modeling standard developed by the Passivhaus Institut. The values below are the verified PHPP outputs against the Passive House criteria for climate zone 5 (Warm).

Space heating

Metric	Result	Criterion
Annual heating demand	1.92 kBTU/(ft²·yr)	≤ 4.76 kBTU/(ft²·yr)
Peak heating load	2.32 BTU/(hr·ft²)	—

Space cooling

Metric	Result	Criterion
Cooling & dehumidification demand	2.46 kBTU/(ft²·yr)	≤ 4.76 kBTU/(ft²·yr)
Peak cooling load	2.69 BTU/(hr·ft²)	—
Excessive humidity frequency (> 0.012 lb/lb)	0 %	≤ 10 %

Airtightness

Metric	Result	Criterion
Pressurization test (n50)	0.6 1/hr	≤ 0.6 1/hr

Energy

Metric	Result	Criterion
Non-renewable Primary Energy (PE) demand	8.82 kBTU/(ft²·yr)	—
Primary Energy Renewable (PER) limit	—	≤ 19.02 kBTU/(ft²·yr)

Project specifics

Metric	Value
Building type	Single-family residence
Treated floor area	5,285 ft² (491 m²)
Climate zone	5 — Warm (San Jose data)
Interior design temperature (winter)	68 °F
Internal heat gains (heating case)	0.70 BTU/(hr·ft²)
Specific capacity	10.57 BTU/°F per ft² TFA

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