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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...

Valentine Gomez
Apr 5, 20235 min read
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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...

Valentine Gomez
Oct 7, 20228 min read
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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...

Valentine Gomez
Aug 9, 20225 min read
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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....

Valentine Gomez
Apr 8, 20224 min read
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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...

Valentine Gomez
Mar 21, 20225 min read
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