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• 29 Dec 08
  

  Yule Heibel

  The New York Times gets & spreads a clue about Passivhaeuser.

  nyt passivhaus ecology passive_heating architecture germany buildings darmstadt

  • And in Germany, passive houses cost only about 5 to 7 percent more to build than conventional houses.
  • Ironically, however, when California inspectors were examining the Berkeley home to determine whether it met "green" building codes (it did), he could not get credit for the heat exchanger, a device that is still uncommon in the United States. "When you think about passive-house standards, you start looking at buildings in a different way," he said.

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      Yule Heibel on 2008-12-29

      heat exchangers are relatively better known in Canada, though - I think...?
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  • • "We've found it's very important to people that they feel they can influence the system," Mr. Hasper said.

    • In Germany the added construction costs of passive houses are modest and, because of their growing popularity and an ever larger array of attractive off-the-shelf components, are shrinking.

      But the sophisticated windows and heat-exchange ventilation systems needed to make passive houses work properly are not readily available in the United States. So the construction of passive houses in the United States, at least initially, is likely to entail a higher price differential.

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  Yule Heibel on 2008-12-29
  heat exchangers are relatively better known in Canada, though - I think...?

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