A Retro Retrofit: Improving Efficiency in an Older Home

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A Retro Retrofit: Improving Efficiency in an Older Home

With all of our focus on innovative, energy-saving equipment at Small Planet Supply, it was a total surprise that the house Albert Rooks (Small Planet Supply) and I recently purchased in Olympia was a 1938 home. While we would love to say it was the structure we fell in love with, it was probably the gardens that made us feel like we had found a new place to land in Washington state.

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New Zehnder Q and ComfoPost Arrive Right on Cue for New West Vancouver Passive House

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New Zehnder Q and ComfoPost Arrive Right on Cue for New West Vancouver Passive House

Last Tuesday, Small Planet Supply’s Albert Rooks met with Shawn Barr of Naikoon Construction to complete the final commissioning of the first Zehnder ComfoAir Q and ComfoPost in North America at the Radcliffe Passive House in West Vancouver.

The installation of the new Q system wasn’t an accident. Radcliffe Passive House owner James Dean was aware that the Q would soon be released in North America and wanted it installed in his new home since it represents a whole new level of heat recovery ventilation. 

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