Super Energy-Efficient Home in Vermont. General Specs and Team Location: Waitsfield, VT Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 2 Living Space : 2000 sqf Cost (USD/sq. ft.): $90/sqf Builder: Al Rossetto, A.
Rosetto ConstructionArchitect/designer: Al Rossetto Construction. Sustainable Building Courses, Green Building Education & Natural Building Workshops including straw bale building, earthen building, natural finishes, hempcrete, and innovati. Yestermorrow. Airtight Wall and Roof Sheathing. In the early 1970s, residential builders knew almost nothing about air tightness.
The first residential air barriers were installed in Saskatchewan in the late 1970s, when pioneering Canadian builders began sealing the seams of interior polyethylene sheeting with Tremco acoustical sealant. The Canadian builders (and their American imitators) went to a lot of trouble to weave the interior poly around framing members at rim-joist areas and partition intersections. A few years later, Joseph Lstiburek perfected and promoted the Airtight Drywall Approach (ADA) to air barriers. The ADA system required gaskets or caulk between drywall and wall plates on exterior walls; any electrical box in an exterior wall needed a special flange to allow it to be caulked to the drywall. These days, some builders approach air sealing like all-out war, and try to make everything as airtight as possible. Rosenbaum began his presentation by reminding the audience of the characteristics of a good air barrier.
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Virtual Tour. My Little Homestead. Green Home Building: Index. GREB - La Baie - Entreprise locale. Active Solar Heating. Active solar heating systems use solar energy to heat a fluid -- either liquid or air -- and then transfer the solar heat directly to the interior space or to a storage system for later use.
If the solar system cannot provide adequate space heating, an auxiliary or back-up system provides the additional heat. Liquid systems are more often used when storage is included, and are well suited for radiant heating systems, boilers with hot water radiators, and even absorption heat pumps and coolers. Both liquid and air systems can supplement forced air systems. Liquid-Based Active Solar Heating Solar liquid collectors are most appropriate for central heating. The liquid flows rapidly, so its temperature only increases 10° to 20°F (5.6° to 11°C ) as it moves through the collector. The flow rate depends on the heat transfer fluid. Storing Heat in Liquid Systems Liquid systems store solar heat in tanks of water or in the masonry mass of a radiant slab system. EHDA Grand Award: Go Home - High-Performance Building, Passive Design, Solar Heating, Net-Zero Energy, Water Heaters, Design, Streetlighting, Heating.
With a super-tight envelope that earned it a rare Passive House designation—the 12th in the U.S.
—this compact SIPs home is expected to save up to $170,000 in energy costs over 30 years, almost what it cost to build. As with all dwellings built to the rigorous German-born standard, the GO Home’s ultra-insulated shell and passive solar design lowered space heating demands by 86% compared to code-compliant construction, allowing for a drastically simplified mechanical system. The home’s remaining heat and hot water needs are accommodated by a 2.8-kW solar electric system and a separate evacuated-tube solar thermal unit, resulting in a near-zero-energy building that is also affordable for mainstream buyers. The house is carefully oriented on its pastoral 3-acre site: Oversized south-facing windows bring heat and light into the open-plan public spaces and a forest to the north blocks prevailing winter winds during the area’s long, cold winters.
Click here to see all the 2011 EHDA winners. How to Build Efficiently in Massachusetts. Noah Kaput and his wife seem to be off to a good start in planning their 2,100-sq. ft. house in Massachusetts.
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Ampoules DEL, écomomiseur d'eau, double-chasse....Cing gestes éco-énergétiques dans les bureaux d'Écohabitation. Écohabitation | Ronan Jouve, stagiaire en efficacité énergétique à Écohabitation | Publié le Lundi, 17 juin, 2013 - 13:26 Nos stagiaires sont formidables. Pour éviter le syndrôme « les cordonniers sont les plus mal chaussés », ils ont retroussé leurs manches et verdi nos nouveaux locaux. Ronan Jouve, stagiaire en efficacité énergétique, vous dit tout. 1. Des ampoules LED. Home - Simple Solar Homesteading. Carney Logan Burke Architects > Key Projects > Houses > Indian Springs Ranch Residence. LINEAIRE-DESIGN.COM: ACCUEIL. Réalisations - UrbanÉco Construction.
Bala structure.
Informations générales (isolation, techniques, solaire passif) Une maison passive à Nice. Comment protéger les bois d’extérieur ? © Antoine Bosse-Platière Bardage, fenêtres, volets, balcon, terrasse… comment éviter que le bois soumis aux intempéries ne vieillisse ou pourrisse prématurément ?
Le bois d'extérieur a deux principaux ennemis : les UV (rayons ultraviolets de la lumière solaire) et l'humidité. Les premiers provoquent une sorte de brûlure superficielle - comme sur notre peau - qui se traduit par des petites crevasses et du grisaillement. Rien de dramatique, le dommage est surtout esthétique et le bois n'est pas atteint en profondeur. Straw-bale Home Guided Tour/ Adobe studio.
Les bottes ou ballots de paille. Les enduits : Puis, on enduit.
Il faut toujours enduire un mur en paille sur ses deux faces car, sinon, le vent passe au travers, lui faisant perdre son fort pouvoir isolant. L'enduit constitue aussi la protection contre le feu ou les rongeurs. La première couche d'accroche est bien liquide : un lait de chaux ou une barbotine (soupe de terre argileuse) que l'on imprègne partout et qui couvre les brins de paille. Elle fait un demi-centimètre à un centimètre d'épaisseur. Welcome to Landerland.
Solar energy projects for Do It Yourselfers to save money and reduce pollution. Nos lectures préférées. Enduits de terre crue Un véritable voyage technique au cœur de la terre, voici ce que propose ce tout nouvel ouvrage des éditions Terre Vivante, dont le nom de l’auteur (rédacteur pour La Maison écologique depuis bientôt huit ans) ne sera pas inconnu de nos lecteurs assidus.
Une petite « bible … Lire la suite. Le magazine de la maison saine. Accueil. [Tamaisontonjardin] Ekoby. Heol, l'association de l'alternatif en écologie.