Passive homes make a comeback
Posted on | January 20, 2009 | 1 Comment
Although not a new concept, passive homes have been sprouting up more frequently lately, even appearing in the New York Times as part of their Energy Challenge series. Passive design strategies form the basis for many of the renovation strategies suggested in the GreenDesignCollective’s Green Your Home tool; essentially, they rely on sunlight, natural ventilation, and other passive environmental systems for climate moderation in a structure, and they require no mechanical heating or cooling systems. As such, they are very energy-efficient. And energy efficiency is the order of the day!
image courtesy of Inhabitat.com
Click here to read a recent post by Inhabitat about the resurgence in passive design.
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February 24th, 2009 @ 9:06 am
bout time.
additionally, you should add TU darmstadt’s database of green projects to your links page.
http://www4.architektur.tu-darmstadt.de/powerhouse/.en.fb15