The O'Neill Passive House: Cozy, comfortable and crazy efficient. Super-efficient passive houses seem to be on the tip of everyone's tongues (and by everyone I mean those interested in green building). The American adaptation of European Passivhaus standards has gotten a good amount of play recently from being the subject of an extensive article in The New York Times to being a hot topic at both West Coast Green and the Urban Green Expo where the conference's theme, Pushing the Envelope, extended into educational sessions like "The Active State of Passive House: European Perspective on Implementation in North America. " Amidst all the chatter, work on a remarkable passive house, The O'Neill Passive House, has just wrapped up in Sonoma, Calif.
Built by Solar Knights Construction and designed by LDG Architecture, the home has the distinction of being the first Certified Passive House in California and the first passive house retrofit project in the U.S. O'Neill seems pleased as punch with the project in a recent release: 1. 2. 3. 4. Passive Project — 100K House Blog. Hastoe. Wimbish Passivhaus. Bramall - part of Keepmoat - Delivering Community Regeneration. Passi'Bat – Le salon de la Maison Passive – France. Hybrid Construction — Green building with a modern twist. Wimbish Passivhaus : The first rural Passivhaus affordable housing development in the UK. About The Passivhaus Trust.
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