The great room of the Myers home is designed to let in plenty of sun in the winter, while blocking it in the summer. Plan a comfortable, energy-efficient home that saves you money on heating and ...

The total cost often balances out due to the efficiency and minimal need for heating or cooling ... materials they plan to use and whether they adhere to passive house requirements for minimizing ...

Airtight and super-insulated, a passive house uses around 90% less energy ... from leaking out or in further reduces the need for heating and cooling. Some homes are even built entirely from ...

a home must meet certain criteria set by the International Passive House Association. The dwelling must consume 86% less energy for heating and 46% less for cooling compared with other code ...

Other money-saving ideas include minimizing heat gain, weather sealing, insulating, window shading and glazing, roof lightening, and landscaping (see Passive Cooling Techniques). Because natural ...

The first point to discuss is the use of the words "passive cooling." Much like our discussions of Passive House, it can get confusing, but the study authors explain: 'Passive survivability ...

In all, The Alloy Block plans to restore two 19th-century brick buildings and bring more than 1,000 new housing units, affordable and market-rate, to the busy transit hub. "Passive house is a ...

New York studio CAZA has completed a cast-concrete house in the Philippines, aiming to optimise passive cooling and natural ventilation. FR House comprises a series of "concrete cubes" that ...