The quickest way to spread a technology is to share it, so NHI was started as a conduit to share what is being learned about practical carbon neutral building systems through the research, design, and construction of the prototype. NHI’s first job is to complete the prototype as designed, creating a functioning, open source, publicly accessible model of a modern carbon neutral urban living system. We are actively seeking donations and other help toward that end. NHI is simultaneously seeking funding to continue research, development, and educational outreach toward the goal of spreading practical carbon neutral design and building solutions to the US construction industry at large.
NHI’s mission is to aggressively develop, share, and popularize affordable carbon neutral building and living solutions. Since this goal is linked to climate change which is a time-sensitive problem, our primary business model is to seek funding to allow us to create an open source network for sharing all we know about carbon neutral design and construction. We supplement this strategy with paid consulting services:
(1) Carbon Neutral Consulting. We are available to discuss strategies for upgrading projects of any size toward the benchmark of carbon neutrality.
(2) Passive House Consulting. By far the largest cog in the built environment carbon neutral machine is building envelope and systems efficiency. The best design tool for this purpose in our opinion is the Passive House Planning Package (PHPP), an energy modeling program associated with the Passive House Certification program, perhaps the most rigorous energy efficiency standard in the world. Two NHI principles, Jeff Buscher and Clarke Snell, are two of only three certified Passive House Consultants in North Carolina (at the time of this writing). NHI offers PHPP based energy modeling and performance consulting on projects of any size.
(3) Talks and workshops. NHiI is a research, development, and educational organization, as such we are available to lecture and teach about carbon neutral building systems and related issues.
Contact
For more information on these consulting services and how they might work for your project,please call us at 828-707-9490 or send an email to info@thenauhaus.com.
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