Custom Home Design
Architecture for People and Planet
ZED creates beautiful, healthy buildings that empower families, uplift communities, and improve our living world. We believe buildings can make a positive contribution to the environment. Our multidisciplinary team takes a holistic and site-specific approach to residential design. The spaces we create are beautiful, functional and durable. They provide healthy, comfortable environments for living, tailored to each client’s requirements and unique sense of style.
Custom Home Design Service
Pre-Design
Schematic Design
Design Development with Visualization
Builder Selection with Bidding Administration
Construction and Permit Documents
Construction Administration
Energy Modeling
Mechanical Design
Building Science Consulting
Renewable Energy Sizing
Certification Facilitation (optional - Passive House, LEED, more)
New Construction
Renovations
Passive House
Net Zero / Net Positive
Green Homes
Sustainability is our Standard
Each design includes green home attributes. Our deep expertise in green homes is the norm, and therefore our team is able to focus project design time on the unique attributes of each home. Standard design practice includes:
ENERGY. Our firm is committed to designing homes with exceptional energy performance. We can also help clients reach aggressive performance standards, such as Passive House and, the firm's namesake, zero energy.
CARBON. Avoiding fossil fuels, minimizing operational energy, using renewable energy to offset consumption, and selecting materials with low embodied energy that sequester carbon are all standard firm practices.
DURABILITY. We design building enclosures for optimum management of heat, air, water, and moisture flow, helping ensure long-term durability with minimal maintenance, creating homes that lasts for generations.
THERMAL COMFORT. A combination of passive and active techniques with no drafts maintains the preferred temperature year round - even, predictable, and comfortable.
AIR QUALITY. Positive indoor air quality is vital to occupant health. We use strategies to minimize pollutants within the home and design ventilation systems to ensure a constant supply fresh outdoor air.
WATER. Points of use such as bathrooms, kitchens, and landscape should combine beauty and functionality in a design that enables water efficiency. Options are available for water conservation, capture, and reuse.
ACCESSIBILITY. General principles to enable long term aging in place and accessibility can be discussed and considered for each design.