Sentences with phrase «passive house techniques»

This is just the beginning of creating and promoting more energy - efficient buildings and sharing the message that passive house techniques are one of the most effective strategies in this endeavor.

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For upper grades, encourage students to research additional passive solar heating techniques beyond those introduced and then incorporate what they find in their model houses.

He goes on: «There was nothing technically insuperable about achieving passive house standard on this retrofit, using knowledge, materials, and techniques that are available now.

Although the construction techniques used for a passive house are essentially the same as for a typical home, builders have to be at the top of their game, sealing every hole and seam to make the house airtight.

This passive solar greenhouse is designed to house a productive, edible ecosystem which is also combined with a variety of other complementary farming techniques such as producing fish and poultry food from insects, growing mushrooms from used coffee grounds and growing poultry, fed from by - products of the system.

If a passive solar natural building feels like the right style of tiny house for you, these techniques will empower you to build a space that is comfortable year round, while reducing your costs to maintain the home and lowering your carbon footprint.

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.

Compared to the passive solar technique of using a lot of south facing glazing, the LTMS 1) allows more control over the solar heat gain — it can be turned down or shut off if the solar gain becomes more than the house can use for part of the day, and 2) It eliminates the large heat loss (especially at night) associated with the large amount of south glazing in conventional passive solar homes.

Initially, the Alkatouts were planning to retrofit their home, but when the house next door went up for sale, they decided to buy it, raze it, and build from scratch the most ecologically responsible house they could afford using passive - construction techniques.

Ecuadorian architects Luis Velasco Roldan and Ángel Hevia Antuña created this small house prototype that takes into consideration the region's traditional building techniques, using naturally sourced and local materials and passive solar heating.