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Are there any pre-designed house plans that feature ICF walls & SIP roofs?
Looking to see if there are any plans out there that feature ICF walls and SIP roofs? Or is this something that has to custom designed by an architect?
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Skipping radiant floor heat in a passive house?
I'm building a house with (conservative numbers) R 60 walls and R90 ceiling. The windows are in-swing casements with double seals. The floor is going to be stained concrete on…
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Solar Path Finding
Hello friends, Am planning to build a two-floor house with the bedrooms downstairs and a media room upstairs in Southeast PA - 3500 square feet. I would like to incorporate…
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Adding a porch to a TJI Klingenberg wall
I'm trying to detail adding a porch with roof to a wall with 9 1/2" TJIs (full of cellulose) outside the 2x4 structural wall. The Tji's are not structural but…
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Design Temperature
Design Temperature It seems like most systems are designed around maintaining comfort on the coldest day of year. This can mean that the heating system is specified for 60,000 BTU…
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Free webinar today – Prefab PassiveHouse construction
I'm not affiliated with the following, but thought it might be of interest to many readers here. Passive Buildings Canada is offering a free webinar this afternoon discussing prefabricated Passive…
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Sizing minisplits for adequate heating & cooling in a cold-climate Passive House
We are building a 2300 square foot Passive House in the midcoast area of Maine and are having trouble choosing and properly sizing our mini splits for both adequate heating…
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U-values of solid walls
I asked a GSHP installer how they could work out heat loss for each room without knowing the construction characteristics of the walls, roof and floors and received the following…
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I keep seeing descriptions of Passivhaus buildings using 90% less heat
But what does this equate in in btus at peak load or kWh/yr? I know this is a broad question thats different in every climate but i just want some…
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Hybrid heat-pump hot water heater cooling effects
We have a GE hybrid heat pump hot water heater in the non-partitioned 1100 square foot basement of our pre-certified PassivHaus home in northern NJ. We've found that when it's…