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Putting Passive House to the Test! Pt. 32 - The Nerd Numbers

 

After making the Heating Load requirement numbers work last week I crunched a few tentative numbers and discovered that the price to build the Bunkhouse as I designed it to meet Passive House so far was going to be more than I have to spend, which is not always the case with a Passive House project - many come in as cheap or almost as cheap as non-passive house projects.  My project has limitations that a lot of projects don't have - regular house projects aren't limited to sizes that are able to travel on the road!  However I am so glad I made the effort to see if I could make the numbers work and in the process learned so much more about Passive House and the PHPP.  I still have to see if I can make the Primary Energy numbers meet Passive House, but for now that is just going to be an exercise - I already know I can't afford this particular project to be built as designed.

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Las Puertas de Madrid

DateMonday, October 4, 2010 at 12:48PM

Reading too much Christopher Alexander (UC Berkley, "A Pattern Language" series, and finally, "The Luminous Ground") has left me continually working out the question: "Does the space create life, or is it the activity that happens in it that gives life to it ?"

Wrestling with the question does not offer much. It has no structural lessons to offer. No adventures in thermal excellence to chase (my current pastime) and will not get you far with anyone trying to make a buck in this miserable economy.

I can't get away from it because a picture like this asks it so well...

Would the entrance be so interesting without the guard, my wife and daughter?

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