We moved in this week. Well mostly… 
. There are still a number of boxes to unpack and the kitchen needs an organization pass. This week has been very very cold with temperatures at night dropping to -1 F (-18c). Even with the very cold temperatures the house was quite comfortable. So in essence we have stressed tested the HVAC solution and it seems to be working great. However, the HVAC solution isn’t 100% complete yet. It still needs some performance tweaks. But over all it’s very comfortable inside.
We have been experiencing the joys of a passive house. For example, our concrete floors are not cold to the touch you can walk on them comfortably. The same goes with the tile in the bathroom. The window frames are also surprisingly warm to the touch. The passive house design seems to be living up to the hype so far. All parts of the inside of the home are comfortable.
Dave’s design of south facing windows has also really proven to be very effective. We can leave the lights off completely during the day even in overcast weather. In fact I’m typing this right now with just the outside light.
I’m looking forward to getting the power metering hooked up so we can start producing graphs of data to measure how we are doing.