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Image 8 of 14 from gallery of Passive House / rhb architectes. Photograph by Rouby Hemmerlé Architectes
Super-insulated and airtight, Karuna House's wall system carefully manages heat, air & moisture. View details and learn more from Hammer & Hand.
It’s been a while since we had time to post photos… Windows and doors were actually installed many months ago in October, to get the house buttoned up before winter came. Windows (and d…
Ein Passivhaus in Lehmbauweise haben Hannoveraner Studenten konzipiert. Das Konzept wurde prämiert. Jetzt soll ein Modellprojekt entstehen.
Image 17 of 18 from gallery of Passive House with Sundial / Kikuma Watanabe. Photograph by Kikuma Watanabe
Image 27 of 38 from gallery of Passive House Pavilion of Longfor Sundar / SUP Atelier. Photograph by Zhi Xia
The Swiss mountainous region of the Grisons has been the set for the production of some excellent architecture in the past years. Among the designers of these buildings, women architects heavily …
Pierluigi Bonomo rebuilds a house for a family in area devastated by 2009 earthquake.
Built on geofoam, Karuna House's foundation plays a key role in the home's performance. View details and learn more from Hammer & Hand.
Completed in 2018 by Russian architceture firm Snegiri Architects, the cottage was created as a “passive house”, with the ability to save 90 percent more energy than a regular home thanks to a little technical know-how.
Built by Omar Gandhi Architect in Inverness, Canada with date 2014. Images by Greg Richardson Photography. Sitting atop a hillside adjacent to the Inverness Harbour and MacIsaac’s Pond, the cedar clad minimalist gable overlo...
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Low Cost High Performance Simplify. The double-stud wall is a well established method for creating a very economical, durable and high R-value assembly in new construction - and is one reason it’s included as one of the basic 475 Smart Enclosure System assembly types. We know pushing standard code-minimum construction
Here is a basement foundation section I came up with recently. I'm excited about this configuration for three reasons: 1. It uses very little rigid foam, which constitutes a cost saving, good environmental stewardship, and leads to good indoor air quality. the rigid foam may even be able to be eliminated altogether, depending on the thermal analysis. 2. The construction process will prove fairly straightforward and simple, with walls generally being able to be built in the flat and tilted up. The slab is the only concrete in the system, which also keeps the environmental footprint down. It is easy to build. The elevator pit can be incorporated into the wooden floor system, rather than needing to be formed into the concrete. 3. The exterior wall can be made with concrete, if a client is really too nervous about the wood, though the insulation value is reduced. Other features, both good and bad, of this design include: Simplified plumbing, since most of it can be done above the slab. Possible issues with finished space - the building department may see the basement as finished space and charge more for the permit and subsequent property taxes. Pressure treated lumber - You'll see that the exterior shell suggests a very thin shield against the soil - I'm thinking 5/16" fiber cement siding, with asphaltic damproofing, then the HDPE dimpled membrane. This does away with the poured concrete wall - which takes a lot of space - say 8 or 10inches, which is a major financial and enviro cost, and gives nothing to insulation - and proposes instead a very thin shell, held up with lumber. The fiber cement shell is provided with the above moisture protection, but also with an additional drainage layer behind. This can prove an effective measure to ventilate the thick, insulated basement foundation wall, as well as to keep that outer shell very dry. The question, after all this, is - do we use PT lumber on the outer frame, or regular lumber? We all know the PT lumber is very hard on the environment - so my preference is to do away with it. Use regular lumber. The battens to which the FC siding is attached can be plastic-wood. - I'm still trying to figure that out - but the issue with all this is the buliding department - will they accept this untreated-lumber below grade construction? This will be a very interesting issue. Here is the scan of my sketch:
Image 36 of 38 from gallery of Passive House Pavilion of Longfor Sundar / SUP Atelier. Ventilation Strategy
Image 20 of 33 from gallery of Passive House / Karawitz Architecture. Photograph by Hervé Abbadie and Karawitz
Image 1 of 23 from gallery of Passive House Blanden / HASA Architects. Photograph by Liesbet Goetschalckx
SHED Architects has created this cozy wooden shelter that complements a larger home on the site, located in Seattle, Washington.
Im Zuge des Hello Wood Festivals Hungría entwarfen IR arquitectura mit den Cabin Modules ein flexibles Mini-Passivhauskonzept.
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