The Smith House – A passive house in Urbana, ILWhat if you didn’t have to heat your house at all, no matter the climate? Or at least, never turn on the furnace? Well, that’s practically what life is like in one of the “passive houses” designed with the principles of the PassivHaus Institut in Darmstadt, Germany. Recently featured in an article in The New York Times, No Furnaces but Heat Aplenty in ‘Passive Houses’ … these houses are part of a revolution in building design: There are no drafts, n

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Zero Net Energy Homes Part 5 – Passive Houses