Meet our Climate Gallery

For our first iteration of our annual Climate Gallery, we focused on the Low TEDI Approach, featuring three Zero Carbon projects, 828 Kingston, 50 Torbolton and the University Academic Building Passive House Feasibility Study.

ENFORM begins by developing highly functional layouts and programmatic arrangements, then designs high-performance enclosure systems that stabilize the interior environment. We’ve learned from Passive House that a highly stable interior means we need very little mechanical power to produce comfort and resiliency. We call this prioritization of enclosure design the Low TEDI Approach.

We know that a well-designed enclosure is still substantially less cost intensive than high-power mechanical systems; a low thermal demand also means we can control the loads rather than the loads controlling the design. With our Low TEDI Approach, the mechanical system is downsized significantly — enough to offset the enclosure costs. As a result, our projects garners the benefit of drastically reduced utility costs and greenhouse gas emissions.