If you want to
build a superinsulated, airtight house, you run into some difficulties.
When you want to
build a superinsulated house, you have several choices on how you increase the R - value.
By 1985, we'd figured out how to
build superinsulated, airtight houses in North America.
Not exact matches
The latest finding
builds on work published in 2008 by Vinokur and his associates that experimentally established the existence of the
superinsulating state, while also proposing that it «mirrors» the behavior that occurs in the superconducting state, deriving it from the most fundamental quantum concept, the uncertainty principle.
The two - story office
building, designed by ZGF Architects, is
superinsulated and relies largely on passive solar strategies for heating in the winter, when outside temperatures can drop into the single digits.
In the late 1970s, I
built a passive solar
superinsulated home.
But the
Build SMART panelized system sure does help you get a nice,
superinsulated, airtight
building that can meet the rigorous standards for Passive House certification.
Green
Building Store continues to fine tune passive house design and construction techniques with exacting attention to detail, as demonstrated by its latest
superinsulated, stone - clad cavity wall house in West Yorkshire.
William Shurcliff was a Harvard physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project in World War II, helped stop supersonic passenger planes in the 1960s, and took a big interest in passive solar and
superinsulated building in the 1970s and»80s.
Once you've designed and
built a home with passive solar features, and the house is close to airtight and
superinsulated, what fuels do you suggest?
It achieves significant energy savings by creating a
superinsulated building envelope that minimizes heat loss and prevents air leakage.
The best home fell well short of the Passivhaus standard, of course; it measured 2.24 ac / h @ 50 Pa — about the same as the
superinsulated house that Riversong
built.