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Film to feature local family - Fairborn Daily Herald
Fairborn Daily Herald
Fairborn Daily Herald
The house was designed by architect Meera Parthasarathy using Passive House design principles that reduce energy use primarily through a thick exterior seal. The home achieved a Home Energy Rating System (HERS) score of 68. “I for sure see a ...
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Competitions: Editor's Pick, 07.02.13 - Architects' Journal
Architects' Journal
Architects, quantity surveyors, CDM and structural engineers are required. Works under the framework will range from £5 million new builds to refurbishments of listed properties. Sustainable design is called for to 'Passive House standards.' Works are ...
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Partick HA opens £12.8 million housing framework - Architects' Journal
Architects' Journal
... CDM and structural engineers are required to deliver a works ranging from £5 million new build schemes to refurbishment works in listed properties. Sustainable designs will be called for to 'Passive House standards with works set to begin June 2013.
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Sam Rodell | Architect AIA Publishes Groundbreaking Paper - PR Web (press release)
PR Web (press release)
In his paper, “The Beauty of Passive Design: Post Industrial Simplicity in Architectural Systems,” Rodell challenges the public to seriously consider emerging building practices, such as Passive House Design and SIREWALL, to reduce oil dependency and ...
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New government subsidy program could bring boom in eco-friendly homes - Warsaw Business Journal
Warsaw Business Journal
An ideal passive house is igloo-shaped, has no balconies, pillars or bay windows and its windows do not open, so as not to interrupt the mechanical ventilation system. Houses that are designated as merely “energy efficient” (as opposed to “passive ...
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A self-built house on a farm near Dundee is the realisation of a young boy's dream - Scotsman
Scotsman
Scotsman
The property is built to passive house standards, meaning it is airtight and well insulated. And every effort has been made to make it as low maintenance as possible. Dairmid says, “After a whole day working on the farm, I don't want to have to do ...
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New LEED revision slated as industry remains open to alternative ratings - MiBiz
MiBiz
“As costs do rise, we're looking to incorporate more passive house and zero energy building concepts into our standard design practice. Regardless, the holy grail of the 'off the grid' building remains out of reach for the general marketplace.” With a ...
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A self-built house on a farm near Dundee is the realisation of a young boy's dream - Scotland on Sunday
Scotland on Sunday
Scotland on Sunday
The property is built to passive house standards, meaning it is airtight and well insulated. And every effort has been made to make it as low maintenance as possible. Dairmid says, “After a whole day working on the farm, I don't want to have to do ...
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Michelle Sutherland and Neil Thomson had a yen for a utility room, but ended ... - Scotland on Sunday
Scotland on Sunday
Scotland on Sunday
THE desire for a utility room brought Michelle Sutherland and Neil Thomson to the 'passive house' they built in North Berwick. The couple and their two children, Maja, 7, and Lois, 5, were already living in the town, in a Victorian ground-floor flat ...
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Lynn O'Rourke: 'Little and often – the former should be easy enough' - Scotland on Sunday
Scotland on Sunday
This week we get the fascinating story behind the construction of a passive house in North Berwick, an airtight building with high insulation levels that results in seriously low energy bills. The results are on page 4. We also hear how a sketch ...
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