Sentences with phrase «passive house efforts»

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Any local authority seeking to play its part in answering the WMO's call for radical efforts to reduce carbon emissions would be wise to follow the recommendations of another UN agency, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, whose latest report on climate change mitigation options, AR5, placed particular emphasis on the passive house standard.

Following the efforts of passive house consultants Nick Grant and Alan Clarke to prove that PHPP, the passive house design software, may have previously underestimated the benefits from internal heat gains in smaller buildings, the latest version of PHPP has been updated to address the issue.

Passive houses feel different to ordinary buildings, which is one of the reasons the International Passive House Days — and the opportunity to experience passive houses first hand — are such a central part of the Passive House Institute's efforts.

While passive housing is currently still in the fringe, McDonald's efforts are far from solitary.