Design process for optimized enclosure : Activities ; Site and climate ; Performance of the whole ; Selection of the parts ; Design development concepts and methods -- Foundation systems and details : Pumpkin Ridge passive house ; VOLKsHouse 1.0 ; Freeman house ; Stellar apartments ; Fineline house ; Jung Haus ; Specht residence -- Floor systems : Balance project ; Skidmore house ; Windy View passive house ; Midorihaus ; Karuna house ; Orchard Street house -- Wall systems : Skidmore house ; Arlington house ; Full plane residence ; Portola Valley passive house ; CH2 ; MARTak rest/work space ; Warren Woods Ecological Field Station -- Roof systems : Midorihaus ; Hollis Montessori School ; New York Street passive house ; VOLKsHouse 1.0 ; Lone Fir residence ; Orchard Street house ; Pumpkin Ridge passive house ; Project green house ; Zero cottage -- Openings for windows and doors : Stellar apartments ; Lone Fir residence ; Madrona passive house ; Jung Haus ; Bayside Anchor ; Freeman house ; Tighthouse brownstone ; Warren Woods Ecological Field Station -- Openings: mechanical, plumbing, and electrical -- Case studies : Ankeny Row net zero community, Portland, Oregon ; Cowhorn Vineyard House, Jacksonville, Oregon ; Earthship Farmstead, Stuart, Virginia -- Empowerhouse, Washington, D.C. ; Hayfield House, Bolton, Connecticut ; Karuna House, Newberg, Oregon ; Louisiana passive house, Lafayette, Louisiana -- Madrona passive house, Seattle, Washington -- Orchards at Orenco, Hillsboro, Oregon ; Prescott passive house, Kansas City, Kansas ; San Juan passive house, Shaw Island, Washington ; Saugerties residence, Saugerties, New York ; Uptown Lofts on Fifth, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ; Viridescent Building, Falmouth, Maine -- Appendix A. Abbreviations and graphic symbols used in detail drawings -- Appendix B. Project information.