Items Tagged with 'passive house'

After years of planning, design, and construction, Belfast Cohousing & Ecovillage is complete. All of the homes were built to the passive house standard: they use 90 percent less energy to heat and cool than a typical code-built home. To maintain healthy IAQ, each home is equipped with a HRV system.

Passive House Institute US (PHIUS) and Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics (IBP) have announced the release of WUFI® Passive 3.0, an advanced passive house modeling software tool. With this major update, a no-cost version of WUFI® Passive will be made available for download.

The first multifamily building in Vancouver aiming at meeting the stringent passive house energy standard is slated to commence construction. Designed by Marken Design + Consulting, the duplex building will use up to 90 percent less energy for heating and cooling and save up to 65 percent on operational costs compared to a standard home.

What is a passive house? In short, it is an energy efficient home that demands little energy to function. The most energy demanding aspect of a home is the heating and cooling, so passive houses are typically focused on reducing energy use in these areas.