From Education to Innovation, Symbi Homes Does It All

Article summary

Nicole Tysvaer of Symbi Homes uses her PhD in Education to train and develop high performance housing professionals and prospective clients.

The post is by Karen Benner. It was published on Aug 1, 2023.

Projects mentioned

• Regeneration House was selected as ProRemodeler Magazine’s Model Remodel 2022.
• The project includes a deep energy retrofit of a 19th Century Victorian Home.
• It also includes a new Zero Accessory Dwelling Unit.
• The team used humidistat-controlled ventilation.
• The team used floor-mounted mini-splits.
• The team used lead paint encapsulation.
• The team kept a ventilated attic space and still cut the original home’s air leakage in half.

Future work

• Symbify Consulting helps impact more families and deploy more local contractors.
• The Retrofit Lab is a pilot project in an active home remodel in a DC community.
• The lab is intended to show homeowners more possibilities for high performance home improvements.
• Queen of Zero is a 2024 Case Study for the Journal of Light Construction.
• The project will be America’s first Net Zero Energy New Build Queen Anne Victorian Custom Home.

Links mentioned

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicole-tysvaer/
• Symbi Homes: https://symbihomes.com/
• Symbify Consulting: https://symbihomes.com/symbify/