#7-2025 Nicole Tysvaer (Tis-vare) and the Queen of Zero in new homes and renovations.

Thank you to Nicole Tysvaer Founder and CEO of Symbi Homes for being on the BUILDCast. Symbi Homes is a sustainable construction firm reinventing home building with an emphasis on wellness, energy-efficiency and technology. Symbi short for Symbiosis immediately got my thinking about building science, systems thinking, and the synergistic interactions that take place in construction of high performance homes. Symbi Homes has decided to follow the DOE Zero Energy Ready Home program specifications to guide their path to high performance building. Uniquely they have also chosen to apply these high-performance specifications to a Queen Ann Victorian complex form as well as in their current remodel and addition current project. To me this beautifully demonstrates that homes of all shapes and sizes can pursue high performance building when project goals are clearly defined from the start.

Nicole Tysvaer on LinkedIn

Symbi Homes

DOE Zero Energy Ready Home Program

Symbi Homes - Upcoming Educational Sessions

May 2025 - date and time tbd - Retro Rambler Pre-Drywall Walk Through (Kensington, MD)      

• Take a look inside the walls of this mid-century deep energy retrofit and addition project working towards Zero Energy Ready certification. 

August 2025 - date and time tbd - High-Performance Builder Expo  (Kensington, MD)      

• Tour the completed Retro Rambler high-performance home and learn about the sustainable products and processes used to create a net zero ready retrofit.

For more information and updates on these events, sign-up for news on the Symbi Homes website.