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Understanding the difference passive house versus passive solar design

Discover the differences between Passive House and Passive Solar designs for creating eco-friendly and comfortable homes. Learn about airtightness, thermal mass, solar optimization, and more. Choose the perfect sustainable living solution for your dream home. 🏡🌞 #PassiveHouse #PassiveSolar #GreenLiving #EnergyEfficientHomes"

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What does the term Solar Passive Design actually mean? Passive solar design refers to the use of the sun's energy for the heating and cooling of living spaces. In this approach, the building itself or some element of it takes advantage of natural energy characteristics in materials and air

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As a Certified Passive House, the Farmstead is a forward-thinking home for the modern New England family. A blend of features were carefully balanced to develop a final design that has an efficient footprint, meets the Passive House Standard (PHIUS+ Certified), and takes the form of a traditional farmhouse with some modern twists both inside and out.

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The best site to get your passive solar house plans is The Plan Collection, which contains an entire host of home blueprints and straightforward pricing. Other sites include Sun Plans, Sunlight Homes, and Passive Design. Of course, hundreds of sites are out there for planning your perfect solar home, but today we’ll cover the best passive solar house plans sites I’ve found.

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two young boys climbing up and down the stairs to their new home on a wooden deck

Explore this energy efficient passive solar home in regional Western Australia. Discover innovative and sustainable design solutions by Coveney Browne Architects for high end living in a rural environment.

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a small white house sitting on top of a lush green field

With a southern orientation and well placed windows, passive solar homes can potentially reduce heating requirements by an easy 25% without adding any cost by designing around a good Passive Solar Index score. Homes heated by the sun's free heat! Passive Solar Houses are aptly named because there are no wires…

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Article from Dwell Magazine written by Kathryn M. on April 27, 2021. Click here to read the article on Dwell.com. Designed in 1980, the partially sunken Sunburst Residence keeps a low profile—and a low carbon footprint. In Applegate, California, halfway between Sacramento and the mountains of Lake Tahoe, a passive solar home known as the Sunburst Residence…

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Name: Jennie Hoekstra, Luke Hoekstra, Jude (9), Neve (7), Wilder (4), Marmalade (the cat), Miki and Mandu (Australian Zebra Finches), and a flock of semi-retired hens. Location: Kemble — Ontario, Canada Size: 1,665 square feet Years Lived In: 6 months, owned In the spring of 2017 a lovely four-acre lot came up for sale in the rural village where we live. We knew the property well and loved it, but understood that it was on an unmaintained road with no hydro, so building would be tricky.

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