Passive House
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We've featured Dwell Development a number of times for its forward-thinking, green homes. Now, however, it has upped the ante with the completion of a 42-home sustainable micro-community in Seattle, US, called New Rainier Vista.
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A building in Kaufbeuren, Germany, is the first to receive Passive House Premium certification. The House of Energy is one of the world’s most sustainable buildings. It has an annual heating demand of only 8 kWh / sq m (0.7 kWh / sq ft) and a 250 sq m (2,691 sq ft) photovoltaic system on the roof.
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In a bid to reduce the visual impact of a modern family home in a conservation area, London architecture firm DSDHA sunk half of Covert House into the ground and covered much of the visible structure with glass and mirrors.
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We've seen the Passive House sustainability marque awarded to plenty of big flashy home builds. A project in Australia, however, has shown that a certified Passive House needn't be either of those things. Castlemaine Passivhaus is covers just 39 sq m (419 sq ft) and took only 10 days to build.
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Spanish green building firm NOEM recently completed work on an interesting prefabricated house dubbed El Refugio Inteligente – or The Smart Shelter – that certainly lives up to its name.
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A house in Romania has been built in just the sort of environment it is designed to help protect. Passive House Che is situated in a forest in the Romanian city of Suceava. In addition to a host of sustainability features, the house also has a large net suspended between floors and an indoor lawn.
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A home built in New Mexico, US, is expected to run entirely from the electricity generated from energy harvested by its nine 230 W solar panels. The Taoshouse also has a number of design features to help keep power usage to a minimum.
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The American Institute of Architects has revealed what its judges reckon to be the 10 best new American homes and housing complexes, for the organization's 2014 Housing Awards. Almost all of the winners feature some degree of sustainable technology or design.
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Park Passive House is Seattle's first certified Passive House, and boasts excellent design along with lots of sustainable technology. It uses up to 80 percent less overall energy, when compared to an average home built in accordance with today's building code standards.
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A new, highly insulated, automated pet door lets pets in and out without breaching thermal standards. The electronic, programmable, personalized Petwalk caters to design- and energy-conscious pet lovers.
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The Empowerhouse won first prize in the Affordability category of the 2011 US Solar Decathlon and was redesigned to become the first house in the city of Washington, DC built to Passive House standards. Its first family speak of a brighter future in their ultra-energy-efficient home.
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Tighthouse, by Architecture firm Fabrica718, is the very first Passive House to be located in New York City. Based on an existing row house that is over a hundred years old, it has been extensively retrofitted to meet the exacting Passive House standard.
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