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Passive House Retreat Wins 2012 EcoHome Design Award

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Boston, MA (PRWEB) July 25, 2012

The Passive House Retreat, a modern green home by ZeroEnergy Design and AEDI Construction, received a Grand Award in the 2012 EcoHome Design Awards hosted by Hanleywood’s EcoHome Magazine. Aligned with the magazines philosophy, the award recognizes homes constructed using sustainable building practices and demonstrating innovative design and thoughtful use of site and materials.

EcoHome Design Award issue: http://mydigimag.rrd.com/publication/?i=118562&page=1

The new vacation residence located in a beautiful community on the New England coast features high performance and efficient use of space in a small package. The home is LEED Gold & Energy Star certified, built to the Passive House standard, and consumes only one tenth of the energy for heating compared to a similar new home built to code.

ZeroEnergy Design created a sleek, simple, gable roofed structure, and proposed the Passive House standard, which is a building performance standard that yields an extremely low-energy home. A combination of exceptional insulation, air sealing, high performance windows, and solar gain reduces the heating requirements to a fraction of a typical home, and uses only a very small heating system. The homeowners, whose extended families owned large, drafty, energy inefficient homes, immediately understood that the Passive House standard would provide both the energy savings and the increased comfort. They now enjoy a space with no wintertime drafts and very constant temperature throughout the home.

The Passive House Retreat is an example our firm’s ongoing commitment to pair a simple appealing aesthetic with exceptional energy performance said Stephanie Horowitz, AIA CPHC, Managing Director of ZeroEnergy Design.

The key project team members include ZeroEnergy Design for green architecture, Passive House consulting and mechanical design, and AEDI Construction for general contracting.

About ZED:

ZeroEnergy Design is a green architecture, mechanical design and energy consulting firm specializing in new construction and major renovations. The distinct union of great design and energy performance is enabled by a multidisciplinary team whose expertise spans architecture, mechanical engineering and finance. This integrated design approach makes ZED uniquely equipped to originate designs that are tailored to a clients requirements, environmental ideology, and unique sense of style.

http://www.ZeroEnergy.com







Napa Valley To Show Off Meeting, Event and Retreat Services at July Hospitality Trade Show

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Napa, California (PRWEB) June 12, 2012

Napa Valley will be showcasing all it has to offer event planners, destination marketing companies and corporate meeting planners when it hosts the first Napa Valley Hospitality Trade Show on July 17 at Charles Krug Winery in Saint Helena in Napa Valley. The day-long event will highlight the diversity of service providers, caterers, venues, transportation options and other companies that can help make a Napa Valley corporate retreat, off-site meetings, event and conference a success.

The Napa Valley Hospitality Trade show is being produced by the Concierge Alliance of Napa Valley and Sonoma (CANVAS), a 850-member strong wine country organization of local concierge, tour guide, and hospitality professionals.

With its close proximity to three international airports, a large metropolitan area and the state capital, Napa Valley provides and enticing and beautiful venue for corporate retreats, meetings and events, said Colby Smith, executive director and co-founder of CANVAS. We are excited to present the vast range of third party vendors, venues, and caterers available in Napa Valley to businesses seeking to create a successful and unique experience for their next event.

DETAILS:

When: Tuesday, July 17

Time: 9:00am to 5:00pm

Where: Charles Krug Winery, Saint Helena, California

Attendee Cost: $ 25 -$ 95

In addition to an array of exhibitors to meet, attendees will be invited to take part in a morning guided tour of various venues up and down the Napa Valley. The tours of venues will be followed by a lunch, showcasing top chefs from catering services such as Meadowood Resort and Grapevine Catering, in three spaces created by designers who will showcase striking environments to inspire event planners.

ENTIRE SPECTRUM OF SERVICES AND VENUES ON DISPLAY

Attendees are expected to arrive from around the Bay Area and the Sacramento area. Meeting planners and destination marketing professionals likely know of Napa Valley but are unlikely to have been exposed to the full range of and newest local services and venues available to them for planning their events, retreats and meetings. Among the services being showcased at the Trade Show will be transportation providers, caterers and chefs, excursion planners, event venues, rental companies, lighting and sound providers, entertainment agents and talent, parking service providers, specialty gift services, lodging and resorts, and more.

Charles Krug Winery, one of the Napa Valleys oldest and most famous wineries will host the Napa Valley Trade Show in its Carriage House as well as on its Great Lawn, shaded by heritage oaks, one of the premier outdoor spaces in Napa Valley.

Information on attending or exhibiting at the Napa Valley Hospitality Trade Show can be found at the CANVAS website: http://www.conciergealliance.com/TradeShow.