Category Archives: Passivhaus
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Kebony, an environmentally safe manufactured wood product, has been used to transform a traditional Norwegian home and bring it to Passive House standards.
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The Friends School of Portland in Maine is the first Passive House modular school building in the state, and only the third in the country.  The neighboring OceanView Retirement Community is donating solar panels for the school to use, making the facility net zero energy (NZE). “One of our core values is stewardship and we…
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What is passive solar design? Â It goes by many names, though all are similar: passive design, passive solar, passive heating, Passivhaus, and passive house. Â Buildings using this strategy rely on the heat of the sun to moderate the temperature indoors without the need for artificial heating and cooling. Â How do they do it? Thermal…
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Intus Windows is one of Europe’s largest manufacturers of super efficient windows and doors. Its products meet the rigorous German Passive House standards for residential and commercial buildings. Intus is now expanding its marketing area to America and offering US architects the opportunity to earn valuable continuing education credits while attending its presentations and seminars around the…
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Oct
Oct
The importance of energy efficiency has become gospel in many parts of the world- most notably in countries like Japan, which have committed to making all new public buildings passive and net zero energy structures from here on out. In the US, companies like Turner have said that the future of the commercial market is…