| Winter 2009 |
Su Casa Magazine - "Green Home, Steps Ahead"
By Gussie Fauntleroy: Snug construction and careful energy management help break new ground at this Innovative Green Home award winner. Klaus Meyer was committed to green, healthy building and had established his own construction company, EcoHouse Santa Fe, when he happened to see a German children’s educational TV show that inspired him to pursue a whole new level of energy efficiency in the homes he builds. read more  |
Winter 2009 |
Su Casa Magazine - "Green Home of the Year Awards, Better All the Time"
By Emily Esterson: This year’s inspiring award-winning homes set an example for smart eco-conscious building. From a ridge-top hacienda to a small-footprint contemporary to a production home in a subdivision, winners of the second Green Home of the Year Awards competition conducted by Su Casa Magazine and Build Green New Mexico span tastes, locales, and budgets.
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| May 17, 2008 |
Building Green TV - "New Mexico Green Built Tour Highlights"
By Sustan Holmer: Next on the trail was the Meyer Residence on the ridge east of town, above the Old Santa Fe Trail. With tremendous views of the valley below, this home has a modern flair and is still under construction by owner/builder Klaus Meyer. Klaus and his building partner Joaquin Karcher are focused on popularizing a flavor of passive solar building that has become common in Germany, which they're calling the Passive House
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May 10, 2008 |
The Santa Fe New Mexican - "Airtight Design Slashes Home's Energy Needs"
By Staci Matlock: The 2,500-foot house Klaus Meyer and Susanne Schindler built off Old Santa Fe Trail can be heated with a hair dryer and works like a Thermos. Well, almost. Outside and in, the home simply looks like a lovely piece of architecture with a metal roof, tiled floors and stuccoed walls. But most of the home is put together based on a decade-old, German-developed building method called the Passive House, which claims an 80 to 90 percent reduction in energy needs compared to a standard-built house.
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| 2010 |
Exemplary Energy Performance Green Leaf Award - US Green Building Council NM Chapter |
| 2010 |
Honorable Mention "Best Addition" - SFAHBA Home/Design/Remodeler X-Cellence Awards |
| 2009 |
Most Innovative Green Home Award - Su Casa Magazine & Build Green NM |
| 2009 |
Indoor Environmental Quality Award - Su Casa Magazine & Build Green NM |
| 2009 |
Use of Materials and Resource Efficiency Award - Su Casa Magazine & Build Green NM |
| 2009 |
Green Leaf Runner Up in Materials Category - US Green Building Council NM Chapter |
| "It is difficult to put into words how grateful I am to Klaus. Through his hard work, dedication and attention to detail I now have a beautiful, sustainable and extremely comfortable home. He has such a passion to improve the world, through building in an intelligent and thoughtful way. I would highly recommend anyone who is planning on building a new home to stop, and then sit down to hear what Klaus has to say. Meeting Klaus and working with him for the past 1.5 years has made all the difference in my home and my life." |
| Tim Butler (Santa Fe, NM) |
"We are absolutely delighted with the addition to our house that EcoHouse Santa Fe built for us. It was an extremely complex project to which Klaus showed an unrelenting attention to detail and commitment to excellence. Because of his integrity and specialized knowledge of environmentally-sound building, we were very comfortable with Klaus at the helm. He worked seamlessly with our architect and the sub-contacters and was devoted to our home as if it were his own." |
| Jon and Clare Schneider (Santa Fe, NM) |
Because of his integrity and specialized knowledge of environmentally-sound building, we were very comfortable with Klaus at the helm. He worked seamlessly with our architect and the sub-contacters and was devoted to our home as if it were his own.
- Jon & Clare Schneider (Santa Fe, NM)
This beautiful custom home boasts exemplary high energy-efficiency, healthy living, and unsurpassed comfort. The residence is a leading example of ‘passive’ energy-efficiency achieved through building techniques based on the innovative ‘German Passive Standard’.
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