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10 questions to ask your home builder

You know you want to build a new custom home and you know where you want to build it. Now it’s time to pick a builder. What to look for exactly? These ten questions will help you better understand their...
Posted by Clarum Homes on February 4, 2019 | Categories: California home builder, custom homes | No comment

What is a Passive Certified Home?

At Clarum, we work with families to leverage Passive House home building practices for extreme performance opportunities in their custom home building projects. A Passive-Certified home is one that employs...
Posted by Clarum Homes on January 2, 2019 | Categories: custom homes, passive home | No comment

How does energy efficiency impact a home’s value?

When you’re planning to build a new custom home, it’s easy to focus on upfront expenses and costs of construction without thinking about ongoing costs once the home is built. These operating costs...
Posted by Clarum Homes on December 4, 2018 | Categories: custom homes | No comment

Creating and maintaining a healthy environment inside the home

The average American spends 90% of their time indoors, and air pollution levels inside the average new home are 2 to 5 times worse than the air pollution levels outside. These statistics are especially...
Posted by Clarum Homes on November 1, 2018 | Categories: custom homes | No comment

Green Home Certification: To certify or not to certify? What is the real value?

When an architect, designer, and builder set out with the intention of building a high-performance home, they often determine a sustainability goal based on an established certification program. These...
Posted by Clarum Homes on October 1, 2018 | Categories: custom homes, energy efficiency, health, high performance homes, passive home | No comment

Passive home: An attainable standard in custom home building

If you're considering building a new custom home, there has never been a better time to take the benefits of passive home construction to heart. Climate change, rising energy costs and a greater awareness...
Posted by Clarum Homes on September 4, 2018 | Categories: custom homes, passive home | No comment

Passive homes naturally keep indoor air fresh and free from the spike in summer smog

It's summer! Fresh breezes are blowing through the open windows and clearing out all those indoor air pollutants that built up over the winter months, right? Only, maybe not. If you’re in a traditionally...
Posted by Clarum Homes on August 1, 2018 | Categories: custom homes | No comment

California landscaping trends for the sustainable ethos

If you live in California, you're probably well-versed in the concept of water conservation, especially in the Valley. Everyone knows a big swath of lawn to water and mow isn't a great reflection of a sustainable...
Posted by Clarum Homes on July 2, 2018 | Categories: California home builder, Palo Alto | No comment

Beat the heat! How high-performance building keeps you cool as temperatures rise

When you build a custom home to high-performance or passive home standards, one of the primary objectives is to lower the home’s heating and cooling costs. In traditional construction, heat loss...
Posted by Clarum Homes on June 4, 2018 | Categories: custom homes, energy efficiency, high performance homes | No comment

Location, location, location…there’s more to it than choosing your neighborhood

From where you put your windows, to how you position your home on your lot, the right location is a significant consideration in high-efficiency homebuilding. To build a modern custom home at the highest...
Posted by Clarum Homes on May 1, 2018 | Categories: custom homes, energy efficiency, passive home | No comment