Thorsten Chlupp builds houses in and around Fairbanks, Alaska. His web site is http://www.reina-llc.com/.
Cold Climate Housing Research Center, Alaska http://cchrc.org/
EQuilibrium™ is the trade mark of CMHC. Information on the CMHC Sustainable Housing Demonstration Initiative http://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en/inpr/su/eqho/Donald Proven referred to Passive House a number of times. According to Wikipedia, the term passive house (Passivhaus in German) refers to the rigorous, voluntary, Passivhaus standard for energy efficiency in a building, reducing its ecological footprint. It results in ultra-low energy buildings that require little energy for space heating or cooling. The standard is not confined to residential properties; several office buildings, schools,kindergartens and a supermarket have also been constructed to the standard. Passive design is not an attachment or supplement to architectural design, but a design process that is integrated with architectural design. Although it is mostly applied to new buildings, it has also been used for refurbishments.
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