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4 days ago by Sebastian J

Passive House Consultants’ Training Program will take place at Parsons The New School for Design from July 6 till July 17. The program is designed as a series of three, three-day sessions. These sessions are meant for those architects and building system designers who want to learn how to successful ...

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8 days ago by Copeland

I headed for the hills mid-week to take a last look at the prefab house kit before interior framing begins. I admit I fear I might miss the look of the structural insulated panels (SIP)! You might have seen in the previous post my aunt left the particle board "as is" in her own gorgeous home (3rd vi ...

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19 days ago by John Wolfendale

¿Los sistemas de estructura de madera son fiables? Después de todo sólo son casas de madera, ¿no? SEM es un método de construir diseñado por ingenieros cualificados, de calidad asegurada y probada y es muy comn en la mayor parte del mundo desarrollado. Nosotros construimos hoteles, colegios, bloques ...

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20 days ago by Preston Koerner

A couple months back, I read an article about Daniel Libeskind's prefab plans, and today, the NY Times broke the story wide open. In Libeskind Designs a Prefab Home, the Gray Lady gives us a glimpse of The Villa, which is part of Daniel Libeskind's Signature Series of private homes. There's a protot ...

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20 days ago by Peggy

Energy-Saving Provisions of the Waxman-Markey Bill - Click to Enlarge. (Source: Climateprogress.org) Houses save the day? Our homes got us into this mess… and now they might get us out. Much of the recent talk about energy efficiency has focused on the pay-off not only for homeowners who save money ...

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21 days ago by John Wolfendale

At Eco Vida all our buildings are constructed on a giant revolving turntable which orientates the primary occupied rooms south in the winter for maximum solar gain and north in the summer for maximum shading. The dining room faces east for sunrise at breakfast and spins round west for cocktails at s ...

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21 days ago by John Wolfendale

I used to think a comfortable home meant one with lots of cushions and carpets. Having a comfortable home was a bit like having a comfortable bed. Well, let me tell you my eyes have been opened. Over the last several years since we have been developing our techniques and researching materials in low ...

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21 days ago by John Wolfendale

Well you’ve got three options. Break the rules and turn on the noisy fossil-fuel-burning electrical air conditioning and heat up the planet; incorporate passive cooling techniques into your design which frankly don’t work; or use a solar powered non electrical system which we install in our homes. N ...

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24 days ago by Tim Eian

Thanks for attending my lecture at the Green by Design conference. It was a fabulous event and many great ideas were shared. In the spirit of the conference I am offering my slideshow for review at slideshare: http://www.slideshare.net/timeian Since most of my slideshows don’t have a lot of text or ...

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24 days ago by chad

Many have been waiting for us to start posting on specifics of our Passive Project which contains two homes – one of which is seeking the stringent Passive House certification for extreme energy efficiency. We have been waiting to post until we have completed each section of the build. This ensures ...

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