Passive House: Deep Green

The Passive House Concept

Passive house is a great example of the evolution of green building in the right direction. It is an extension of the super efficient homes that American designer/builders began in the 60′s and 70′s. At that time, some of the first homes were built that used around 80% less energy than conventional homes. In the 1990′s, Bo Adamson and Wolfgang Feist took all this information and systematized it into the European PassivHaus system. The system has been reintroduced into the US and is on the rise fast.

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