Not exact matches
we're doing major work on our house (um, knocking it down, putting in a new
foundation, and building up) and rather
than planning paint colors and furniture first, i'm doing the
wall art / decor.
Standing atop the insulated
foundation are 18 - inch - thick
walls that are more
than twice as well insulated (R - 50) as a typical British Columbia building.
As previously reported in issue 18 of Passive House Plus, the company began to apply its learnings to new build in last year's 15 unit second phase at Silken Park, itself a laudable low energy project which featured essentially the same
wall build - up, but with double rather
than triple - glazed windows, a strip
foundation system, demand controlled ventilation and condensing gas boilers.
«When the
foundations went in, I was worried it wasn't big enough, but as soon as the
walls went up I realised it was much larger
than expected!»