Housing startup Aro Homes tapped architecture firm Olson Kundig to design its first-ever carbon-negative home in California’s Silicon Valley.
Reducing impact on the environment is crucial for many home builders and architects who seek innovative ways to engineer homes with-based carbon-negative housing startup, is pioneering an approach to engineering and building net-zero homes faster and more efficiently than conventional homes through a hybrid off-site/on-site construction strategy.
The spec-built home is the first prefabricated design from Olson Kundig and Aro’s first built residence. The home delivers a high-quality architectural experience, thanks to Olson Kundig’s thoughtful design, and this exact layout and design will be replicated in Silicon Valley and, later, in other cities.“We started with a plan that we knew could be carbon negative, beautiful to live in and feature an outstanding home design,” says Aro Homes CEO Carl Gish.
In fact, Aro’s homes produce more energy than they use, thanks to the engineering focus behind the construction. This home, as with each subsequent residence, is fully electric and requires zero fossil fuels to build. Eco technologies include low-voltage lighting, Span electrical panels, battery storage, electric heat pumps, high-R-value windows, maximum-efficiency solar, and high-velocity HVAC.
The residence is also oriented to maximize sunlight for the roof-mounted photovoltaic solar array, which will actually produce more electricity than the house uses in one year. This is enough to offset its initial embodied carbon within 16 years and ultimately become net environmentally positive.
“Nearly 23% of global carbon emissions come from residential housing,” Gish says. “We are focused on lowering emissions as quickly and as efficiently as possible.” The startup is definitely off to a good start.Bret Baier Is Looking to Flip His Amenity-Packed Washington, D.C., Estate for $32 MillionFirst Look: Inside the A.M.
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