Passive House Archives - Energy Vanguard https://www.energyvanguard.com/tag/passive-house/ Building science knowledge, HVAC design, & fun Tue, 31 Jan 2023 16:31:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 3 Sources of Heat for High-Performance Homes https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/3-sources-heat-high-performance-homes/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/3-sources-heat-high-performance-homes/#view_comments Thu, 31 Jan 2019 13:23:48 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=3-sources-of-heat-for-high-performance-homes Earlier this week I wrote about the three main sources of heat in homes.  At the end of the article I threw in a fourth one, solar energy, but then I dismissed it as something that people tried in the…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/3-sources-heat-high-performance-homes/feed/ 16 This System Reduces the Passive House Complexity Problem https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/system-reduces-passive-house-complexity-problem/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/system-reduces-passive-house-complexity-problem/#view_comments Tue, 13 Dec 2016 00:51:31 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=this-system-reduces-the-passive-house-complexity-problem If you want to build a superinsulated, airtight house, you run into some difficulties. How do you deal with the extra thickness of your walls and ceilings when you add all that extra insulation? What’s the best way to ensure…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/system-reduces-passive-house-complexity-problem/feed/ 12 7 Things I Learned at the North American Passive House Conference https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/7-things-i-learned-at-the-north-american-passive-house-conference/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/7-things-i-learned-at-the-north-american-passive-house-conference/#view_comments Mon, 26 Sep 2016 04:00:00 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=7-things-i-learned-at-the-north-american-passive-house-conference Yesterday I returned home from the North American Passive House Conference. It was great, as it always is. Wait. No, this was the best one yet. On the 10th anniversary of the first conference, PHIUS put on an amazing conference.…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/7-things-i-learned-at-the-north-american-passive-house-conference/feed/ 1 Only One Person Can Fix the Passive House Rift https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/only-one-person-can-fix-the-passive-house-rift/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/only-one-person-can-fix-the-passive-house-rift/#view_comments Fri, 29 Jul 2016 04:00:00 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=only-one-person-can-fix-the-passive-house-rift In the beginning, there was passivhaus. That was way back in the 1990s. Then the Passive House Institute US, having been thrown out of the party for blasphemy, said, no, passive house started in North America in the 1970s and…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/only-one-person-can-fix-the-passive-house-rift/feed/ 17 Why a New Standard for Passive House? https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/why-a-new-standard-for-passive-house/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/why-a-new-standard-for-passive-house/#view_comments Wed, 27 Jul 2016 04:00:00 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=why-a-new-standard-for-passive-house There’s this thing called passive house. It’s a terrible name. Almost everyone agrees on that. Look at how its adherents are driven to a frenzy and you’ll see that the name doesn’t really fit. The houses themselves aren’t passive either,…

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