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 ...

What Passive Design Solutions does that is different from the usual stock plan vendors is they design the house to meet the PHIUS standard. This is not just a matter of adding insulation 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 ...

Passive homes are incredibly energy efficient and need little to no heating or cooling They ... within the house as possible. Tylah, a landscape architect, also had big plans for the front and ...

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 ...

The green area they are standing in was design to cool the southeasterly breezes before they reach the house. Parker built that Kendall home way back in 1984, but its “passive cooling ...

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 ...