Cohen house
On the blog, guest poster Robert Prewett from architecture firm writes about the ongoing with "extreme sustainability" as the primary goal. The renovation is making use of many concepts from the "passive house" approach, including using the official passive house modeling software for validation:
A mechanical system with a high efficiency heat recovery unit will ensure that almost all of the energy contained within the air will be transferred into the fresh air being fed to each room. Together, these measures add up to an 80% reduction in energy required to heat the house. Initial calculations using the SAP software were encouraging and these have been lent further authority by modelling the house using the ‘Passivhaus’ software developed in Germany.
Although the reconstruction has just begun, they seem well on their way to demonstrating that passive house techniques apply even to this very old-fashioned type of extremely inefficient building.
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I sure do like the picture of this old house and think that it is very good that it is finding a passive niche in it’s renovations. Will you share more about this as it goes through the process to completion?
Heading over to your links to check it out?
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Hi Patricia. Rest assured I’ll be running regular posts on how this renovation goes over the coming months.
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