The weather here in Halifax did not cooperate with our efforts to prepare the site for the foundation. We took almost a month to complete the work including about 10 days in order to get one day dry enough to ...
First we need to know the maximum heat load for the house. The passive house software predicts taking into account the solar gains and ability of the house to hold heat. But, in Canada we must design the heat load ...
To achieve the passive house standard, major changes are needed in the foundations details we typically see in Nova Scotia. Although we can build a passive house with a basement, it is more energy efficient to build a slab on ...
Stomping around the treed site I realized that most practical spot for the house (where south facing windows will capture solar heat from the sun in the winter months) has the Solar access seriously restricted by a stand of nice ...
The itch to put into practice all that I have learned about a super efficient, super green single family homes has finally got the better of me. It is time to build and prove the cost effectiveness and benefits of ...
