This Ossining Home Won a National Housing Innovation Award
A look at the National Housing Innovation Award winning home in Westchester owned by engineer Daniel Colombini.
According to Westchester Magazine, Daniel Colombini earned this award by crafting his LEED Platinum passive house in Ossining, which stands as a single-family, three-bedroom home with an attached garage.
His standout home is one of the 24 national recipients of the 2024 DOE Housing Innovation Award and is one of only two in New York and New England. The other winner is a house in Esopus in the Hudson Valley.
“As part of its Zero Energy Ready Home (ZERH) program, the U.S. Department of Energy recognizes leading builders who are delivering better homes to Americans across the country,” notes the U.S. Department of Energy.
The home boasts about 3,500 square feet of living space and represents a new model for sustainable, energy-efficient, and cost-effective residences. The LEED Platinum passive house has been honored for “spurring the housing industry to construct more efficient, healthy, and resilient homes.”
A passive home is categorized as a high-performance building standard developed by the Passive House Institute and is currently the only internationally recognized, performance-based energy standard in construction. On the other hand, LEED is the most used green building rating system in the world, with Platinum LEED being the highest certification one can receive. The Ossining home meets both standards, achieving the highest levels of energy efficiency and green design.
Additionally, the home is “zero energy,” meaning it is both net zero and carbon neutral, including the home’s energy consumption and electric vehicle charging.
