Comments on: First Certified Passive House Ever in the Western US! http://inhabitat.com/first-certified-passive-residence-in-the-western-us/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Thu, 23 May 2013 14:55:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: hunboon http://inhabitat.com/first-certified-passive-residence-in-the-western-us/comment-page-1/#comment-227188 hunboon Thu, 20 May 2010 02:05:36 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=117862#comment-227188 I've always been fascinated by insulation, after visiting Scandinavia where the extreme cold weather has made insulation a necessity. I saw an old episode of BBC's Grand Designs recently, featuring a house with straw bale walls. The material is supposed to have excellent insulation properties and will make the house almost passive. Hun Boon http://hunboon.wordpress.com/ I’ve always been fascinated by insulation, after visiting Scandinavia where the extreme cold weather has made insulation a necessity.

I saw an old episode of BBC’s Grand Designs recently, featuring a house with straw bale walls. The material is supposed to have excellent insulation properties and will make the house almost passive.

Hun Boon
http://hunboon.wordpress.com/

]]> By: CLAM http://inhabitat.com/first-certified-passive-residence-in-the-western-us/comment-page-1/#comment-226899 CLAM Tue, 18 May 2010 17:32:12 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=117862#comment-226899 Congratulations! Very cool! And if you want to see the 1st new certified Passive House in California as it is built, go to http://clam-bluehouseblog.blogspot.com. Rae Levine for CLAM, (Community Land Trust Association of West Marin) www.clam-ptreyes.org. Congratulations! Very cool!

And if you want to see the 1st new certified Passive House in California as it is built, go to http://clam-bluehouseblog.blogspot.com.

Rae Levine for CLAM, (Community Land Trust Association of West Marin) http://www.clam-ptreyes.org.

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