2 days ago by David Elfstrom

It’s been about 45 days since the website passivebuilding.ca and mailing list were established. I started this up because I sensed a pent-up demand and serious interest, yet nothing was available. Sixty people signing up for the discussion mailing list in 45 days certainly validates my hunch. Until ...

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2 days ago by uswx

Denver greenbuilder Lance Wright (Green Energy Man, Inc.) has organized a Colorado PassivHaus Alliance to spread the word about this high-performance building system based on a super-insulated shell. I posted earlier that both 1 st and 2 nd place at the SolarDecathalon this year went to teams that u ...

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2 days ago by hdnhdn

This green building called 100K House, a urban infill houses and LEED for Homes Platinum is located in Philadelphia and was designed by ISA, Interface Studio Architects. Interface Studio Architects has conceived four versions of the 100K House thus far. Three of the quartet are intended to fit a typ ...

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3 days ago by ehaugsjaa

I haven’t kept close track, but I would say that we have reduced our intake of animal products by about 90% in the last few weeks. Still the occasional egg and fish. Inspired by the books: The China Study and Eat to Live. Veggie madness. The kids are still eating pretty much what they did before, th ...

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4 days ago by ehaugsjaa

In case anyone is wondering… our house will have 4″ of rigid insulation on the exterior of the framing and sheathing, topped by vertical furring strips and gigantic screws thru those 4+ inches and into the studs to hold everything up. And then the siding attached to that. Just as described here as a ...

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4 days ago by ehaugsjaa

Here is pretty obvious evidence that a hoophouse (or 1/2 of one attached to the side of your house — facing south) can heat quite a bit of your house… I suppose any farmer who uses one could tell you what is typical for how early in the spring it is that it gets too hot such that it needs ventilatio ...

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11 days ago by Kayla

I am currently studying Sustainable Design and Technology and actively looking for ways to bridge the gap between my academic studies to real world applications. An internship position through design and build company G•O Logic has been a perfect link. It provides a close up look at how the next gen ...

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13 days ago by Jonas Risen

Dwell Magazine has an interesting article on Passive House. Click on the link below to visit their online site: Passive Acceptance by Dwell Magazine

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13 days ago by Stan Gatland

Stan Gatland If there is any reliable source to confirm that the building community in the United States is beginning to embrace the passive house concept, it was the 4 th Annual North American Passive House Conference held in October at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In 2008, there ...

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14 days ago by Jonas Risen

3 Bedroom Passive House by bere:architects of London Two Passive Houses have won an eco-homes design competition for a sustainable development at “The Works Ebbw Vale” in Wales. The two entries, one three-bedroom and one two-bedroom house, use up to 85% less energy, emit 80% less carbon dioxide, use ...

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