Passive House vs. Law of Diminishing Returns
This article aims to remove the common bias of diminishing returns within high performance building components and touch on some of the...
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Valentine Gomez
- Oct 7, 2022
- 8 min
Severe storms highlight the importance of building resiliency.
On Sept 23, 2022, Hurricane Fiona made landfall on PEI as a Category 1 hurricane with winds up to 111 km/hr. Immediately following the...
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Valentine Gomez
- Aug 9, 2022
- 5 min
Heat Loss Form Factor?! H.E.L.P!
This is a summary of Elrond Burrell's excellent article explaining why complex building forms make it harder to achieve the Passive House...
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Valentine Gomez
- Apr 8, 2022
- 4 min
Blower Door Protocol for Passive House Certification
475 High Performance Building Supply does an excellent job summarizing the blower door standard required for Passive House Certification....
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Valentine Gomez
- Mar 21, 2022
- 5 min
Domestic Hot Water Heating Systems
After space heating, water heating is typically the next biggest energy sink in buildings. When dealing with passive houses, space...
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