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29 Dec 08

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

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