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Interview: Corey Saft, Passive House Builder, Lafayette, Louisiana
How Does a Passive House Actually Perform in the Deep South? The first Passive House built in the steamy climate of southern Louisiana, and profiled in Recreating the American Home: The Passive House Approach by Mary James, was inevitably an … [Read More...]
Interview: Sarah Evans, Passive House Owner, Salem, Oregon
Mary James spoke recently with Sarah Evans, owner of a Passive House that was completed last May in Salem, Oregon. The home is profiled in Recreating the American Home: The Passive House Approach. How has the experience of living in your new … [Read More...]
Interview: Günter Pazen, Passive House Window Pioneer
Günter Pazen, Passive House window pioneer and owner of Enersign windows, spoke with Mary James about his commitment to building better windows and the development of his business. What prompted you to start manufacturing energy-efficient … [Read More...]
Interview: Dr. Wolfgang Feist, Passivhaus Institut (PHI) and Innsbruck University
Exclusive interview with Dr. Wolfgang Feist, scientific director of the Passivhaus Institut (PHI) in Darmstadt, Germany, and now also professor of building physics at Innsbruck University Mary James: How many Passive House (PH) retrofits have been … [Read More...]
Robotics in Automated Building Facades
Stephen A. Gage and Will Thorne explore the potential of robotics in automated building facades. In an article in Technoetic Arts last year, they explained what they call “edge monkeys”, a proposed system of small robots that would regulate building facades, including energy usage and indoor conditions, by checking thermostats, closing windows, adjusting blinds, etc. [...]
Study: Repayment for Energy Efficiency Improvements through Utility Bills a Growing Trend
On-Bill Financing Extends Opportunities for Energy Efficiency Investments to Historically Underserved Markets such as Multifamily Housing and Small Businesses Washington, D.C. (December 8, 2011): On-bill financing, an innovative tool that allows customers to pay for energy efficiency investments though their utility bills, is becoming more widely available across the country and extending opportunities [...]
Ellen Kathrine Hansen’s Active House Vision
Ellen Kathrine Hansen of VKR Holding in Denmark spoke in early November at UC Berkeley about her work implementing the Active House vision—creating buildings that combine energy efficiency with the use of renewable energy systems to create a positive energy balance, that provide a superior level of indoor comfort and health, and that generally tread [...]