Recently our HPEz (High-Performance Made Easier™) team provided a wall enclosure system for a new 1600 square foot home located in a bucolic suburb of Rochester, New York, near our Farmington shop.

The homeowner was interested in crafting a highly efficient new home without the use of chemical or foam-based insulation. After researching available local options online, he discovered that New Energy Works enclosure services could help him achieve the performance goals he was aiming for by using natural wood-fiber insulation in our Matrix Wall™ system.

“This is a modest home in a fairly typical residential neighborhood,” explained Bryan Bleier, who leads our HPEz team. “Once construction is completed you really won’t be able to tell that this is a High-Performance home just by looking at it, but the responsible construction methods and materials this home utilizes will be a benefit in terms of heating & cooling costs, indoor air quality, and general comfort of the home for generations.”   

This modestly sized lake front day-home was designed to be whimsical and practical, with details and finishes that are a sublet nod to realms of Middle Earth.

With a look and feel that would not be out of place in any J.R.R. Tolkien story, this Hobbit inspired cottage is both simple and elegant with large custom finished heavy timber details, open plan living area, and custom curved doorway crafted by our fine woodworking division NEWwoodworks.

“When projects like this one come to us, they bring such joy with them and provide a welcomed change of pace for our craftspeople.” - Eric Fraser, New Energy Works COO

Project Credits:

Architect: New Energy Works

Builder: Albrecht Construction

Engineer: Fire Tower Engineered Timber 

This traditionally styled heavy timber horse barn on Martha's Vineyard is big on aesthetics and small on square footage.

"In terms of the architectural narrative, this barn is on Martha's Vineyard, an island rich with history, and we wanted the barn to appear as though it could have been a structure from the 1800s that was restored and used as functional equestrian space today,” explained Architect Patrick Ahearn. “We ultimately designed a barn that was complementary to the main residence and fit the context of the Vineyard really well."

"One of the goals was to keep the overall space light and bright, from the tack room to the stalls and the spaces in between and above - for the benefit of the horses and the enjoyment of the people experiencing the barn," Patrick continued. "New Energy Works has been a great partner to build out our designs. In the past three years we've done more than a dozen barns with them all over the country, from Ohio to outside of Boston and this project on the Vineyard. They're fabulous to work with."