21 January 2010 | Posted inBlog News & Updates

Posted by Jessica

Passivhaus vs. LEED

I found this article/slide show very interesting and wanted to share.

I’m not saying I agree with the statement that a “passivhaus is the real standard for a real green house”, BUT there are some great solutions.

What do you think?

passiv-Schiestlhaus

This house needs next to no heating; it is all done with body heat, cooking heat and passive solar heat.

 
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One Comment
  1. January 21st, 2010 - 6:52 pm
    Passivhaus vs. LEED « bldgsim said:

    [...] This is indeed an interesting article/ slideshow. Thanks for sharing this through your ‘Life at HOK‘ blog. It’s not quite a fair comparison as the Passive House Standard seems not [...]

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