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Paul Testa Designs an Earth-Sheltered Home to Meet Passivehaus Standards in the UK

10/10/2012
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  • The Burrows by Paul Testa Architecture
    This month, Paul Testa Architecture obtained planning approval to build an earth-sheltered home in the United Kingdom. The Burrows is a highly sustainable single-family home that will be built into a hillside in South Yorkshire. Because it is built into the earth, the home will be super insulated, both in the winter and the summer, which will significantly reduce heating and cooling costs....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/paul-testa-designs-the-first-earth-sheltered-home-for-yorkshire/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • The Burrows by Paul Testa Architecture
    This month, Paul Testa Architecture obtained planning approval to build an earth-sheltered home in the United Kingdom. The Burrows is a highly sustainable single-family home that will be built into a hillside in South Yorkshire. Because it is built into the earth, the home will be super insulated, both in the winter and the summer, which will significantly reduce heating and cooling costs....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/paul-testa-designs-the-first-earth-sheltered-home-for-yorkshire/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • The Burrows by Paul Testa Architecture
    This month, Paul Testa Architecture obtained planning approval to build an earth-sheltered home in the United Kingdom. The Burrows is a highly sustainable single-family home that will be built into a hillside in South Yorkshire. Because it is built into the earth, the home will be super insulated, both in the winter and the summer, which will significantly reduce heating and cooling costs....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/paul-testa-designs-the-first-earth-sheltered-home-for-yorkshire/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • The Burrows by Paul Testa Architecture
    This month, Paul Testa Architecture obtained planning approval to build an earth-sheltered home in the United Kingdom. The Burrows is a highly sustainable single-family home that will be built into a hillside in South Yorkshire. Because it is built into the earth, the home will be super insulated, both in the winter and the summer, which will significantly reduce heating and cooling costs....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/paul-testa-designs-the-first-earth-sheltered-home-for-yorkshire/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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The Burrows by Paul Testa Architecture

This month, Paul Testa Architecture obtained planning approval to build an earth-sheltered home in the United Kingdom. The Burrows is a highly sustainable single-family home that will be built into a hillside in South Yorkshire. Because it is built into the earth, the home will be super insulated, both in the winter and the summer, which will significantly reduce heating and cooling costs....

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