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Passive design / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

Passive House

The Passive-aggressive house - our history of a Passivhaus build

...design.” A certified Passive House designer doesn’t necessarily know much about aesthetics. It should ideally be an iterative process, a tango between an architect and a Passive House designer. But many early European projects were only “designed” by Passive House designers, who are often engineers, not designers in th...

Off-grid and Net-Zero Housing

Award winning Net Zero Energy house in Edmonton Alberta leads the way

...designing the home we applied the principles of passive solar design, increased insulation, airtight construction techniques, highly efficient mechanical systems and photovoltaic power generation. These systems and design features work together to achieve an EnerGuide rating of 100. The home also boasts a Walk Score of...

Passive House

The North Park Passive House on Vancouver Island, BC

...Passive House project on Vancouver Island BC Passive House interior kitchen design Vancouver Island BC Passive House Floorplans Vancouver Island BC Passive House Wall Design details Vancouver Island BC Passive House Walls windowsill design details Vancouver Island BC ...

Efficient home design

Ecohome Demo House: high performance, affordable cost

...design of Ecohome’s Edelweiss House demonstration home - passive heating and cooling, healthy living space, affordable to build and operate, resilient and flexible design. The underlying goal of the Edelweiss House was to design and build a modestly-sized but functional home that would greatly outperform conventional...

Passive solar home design

The principal designer of the house that inspired the global Passivhaus movement reflects on the project that started it all.

...Passive House Design Plans, the original Passive House looks like this on the design Second you can use rigid foam insulation on the exterior of the wall. The problem is that foam insulations are 5 to 15 times more expensive per Rvalue than the mineral fibre insulations that are used in walls. So the wall becomes ...

Passive solar home design

Saskatchewan: The birthplace of Passive House and passive solar home design

...Passive House movement, read more about Passive House construction and efficient home building in general on the pages below and in our Green Building Guide Conservation House designer Harold Orr reflects on the house design that started a global movement How to get a home Passive House Certified Resilient ho...

Passive solar home design

Passive house and passive solar - free heat for homes

...passive solar design and the Passive House rating system Find more pages about sustainable and resilient green building on the pages below and in the Ecohome Green Building Guide pages: A homeowners account of how to achieve Passive House certification All about passive solar home design here How to design a ho...

Off-grid and Net-Zero Housing

OFF GRID LIVING BLOG, PART 3: All about off-grid power generation in off-grid homes

...design and construction of an off-grid LEED Gold passively-heated home. See post 1 of the off-grid homes blog her, the overview . or post 2 in the off-grid homes blog here covering design and construction choices. For better or worse, the property that my wife and I fell in love with was over a mile back down a privat...

Passive solar home design

...passive solar house is simply one that has been designed to take advantage of that. Passive solar heating is yet another green building design feature that will save you money while improving your quality of life, EcoHome even have a design and rating system designed around it called The Passive Solar Index - check it ...