Welcome to the Cold Climate Housing Research Center

Your Northern Home Website

Visit CCHRC's Your Northern Home webpage for information on new construction, retrofits, ventilation, and other homeowner topics. Find video, podcasts and articles at Your Northern Home .
Newtok Relocation

This new house in Mertarvik is projected to use less than 300 gallons of heating oil a year, even in the frigid climate of the Bering Sea. Check it out here!
New Construction

So you're building a new home! Click here for information on where to start.
Energy Recovery Ventilators (ERVs) in Cold Climates

Energy Recovery Ventilators (ERVs) are whole house ventilation systems that exchange stale indoor air with fresh outside air, recovering both heat and moisture from the indoor air to save energy. They could help improve indoor air quality in a cold dry climate like Interior Alaska.
About Us

CCHRC is a research center based in Fairbanks, Alaska that test, develops, and vets building and heating technologies for the north. Our goal is to promote healthy, energy efficient, affordable housing for the world's cold climate regions. Learn more about us here.

Videos

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Safe Water for Rural Alaska

Portable Arctic Sanitation System

Inside CCHRC: Testing the BrHEAThe System

Your Northern Home Videos

Inside CCHRC: Thermal mass in Alaska

Cold Climate Building Techniques and Concepts: Cathedral roofs

News & Events