Treviso, Italy - 2014

Status: Existing

BioCasa_82 is a highly sustainable family home, located in Treviso, Italy. The studies have shown that for a lifetime of 100 years, this house produce 60% less greenhouse gas emissions than a traditional building. It the first private residence in Europe to be awarded the certificate of conformity to the highest level of LEED for Homes, LEED PLATINUM. 

The unique “Welldom Method” construction process, was developed by Giovanni Fabris, that combines the most advanced construction techniques in the field of sustainable bio-climatic engineering with maximum comfort: understood as thermal comfort, olfactory (related to air quality), visual (relating to lighting), acoustic and psychological.

As a result, in BioCasa_82 the climate reaches precise standard of temperature and humidity; indoor air is always fresh and free of mold, bacteria, pollen, dust; the acoustics are excellent with no internal reverberation; the lighting is designed to be as natural as possible. In addition, all rooms are free of radon gas as well as electric, magnetic and electromagnetic harmful fields. Also, the home collects virtually all rainwater for re-use.

Energy is provided by a photovoltaic system that produces about 14kWh of electricity and a high efficiency geothermal plant for the production of heat, hot water and cooling. The house has, in fact, a very low power consumption (<30 kW/m2 per year).