YOUR HELP IS NEEDED FOR THE MOST INNOVATIVE AND SUSTAINABLE PROJECT IN MASSACHUSETTS
The U.S. Department of Energy has given us this opportunity to show the world how we can advance affordable and sustainable housing, but we cannot do it without your support! We have task of raising over $500,000 to make this once in a lifetime possibility a reality. Your contribution will not only advance public higher education and alternative energy solutions, it will give us the chance to enlighten masses that will enter our home and leave knowing that change is possible.

In addition to web and media exposure, another exciting opportunity for sponsors of Team Massachusetts has become available. Thanks to the City of Boston, the team will be constructing, testing, and exhibiting the 4D Home in the Marine Industrial park in Boston's Innovation District this summer. All sponsors of Team Massachusetts will have the opportunity for signage at the Boston Build Site, gaining exposure not only to energy industry professionals, educators and students from all over New England, and also the many tourists coming from the nearby cruise terminal.

Sponsorship details can be downloaded here: sponsorship_details.pdf (PDF 217KB). If you don't have a PDF reader, please download it here.

Contact Chelsea Kelley if you are interested in supporting Team Massachusetts.
Chelsea.kelley@4dhome.us
617 721 6452

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Passive House

The 4D Home is designed to achieve Passive House standards, greatly reducing the energy needed for heating and cooling. The Passive House standard (passivehouse.us) is a design approach that originated in Europe that maximizes comfort passively, without the use of any active technologies, such as traditional fuel-burning systems, as well as the photovoltaics and solar hot water systems.
Verification
Verification
Passive House strategies and approaches are first verified through modeling the design in the Passive House Planning Package (PHPP). The 4D Home PHPP model was developed concurrently with the Building Information Model (BIM) throughout the design process until the desired result was reached.
Superinsulation
Superinsulation
The superinsulated envelope of the 4D Home minimizes heat loss during long winters. Two types of insulation are utilized in the envelope from Certainteed: blown-in fiberglass and closed cell polyurethane spray foam resulting in R-56 walls, an R-57 floor, and an R-64 roof.
Efficient Windows
Efficient Windows
The 4D Home uses tilt/turn triple pane wood clad Makrowin windows that have a solar heat gain coefficient of .50 and an overall R-7.5. Efficient windows ensure that solar heat gains can be properly balanced and air tight construction can be achieved.