Comments on: Team Purdue’s Solar Decathlon House Blends Traditional Architecture With Net Zero Performance http://inhabitat.com/team-purdues-solar-decathlon-house-blends-traditional-architecture-with-net-zero-performance/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Wed, 22 May 2013 16:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: zeropassiv http://inhabitat.com/team-purdues-solar-decathlon-house-blends-traditional-architecture-with-net-zero-performance/comment-page-1/#comment-355321 zeropassiv Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:32:02 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=301129#comment-355321 I like the house also because it appears to be immediately livable. I am not so sure about ducting the BioWall to the ERV. Breathing through growing medium is not the best idea. Perhaps an unducted BioWall would be better. The garage is a great feature. But the only separation between the garage and the living space is a simple door without any other measures to minimize car fumes from entering the living space. In an airtight home, this should be addressed. I don't think they did anything to mitigate the thermal bridging that exists in a SIPs home. All they need to do is add a couple of inches of EPS outsulation on the outter skin of the SIPs. Really not a difficult or expensive thing to do. I like the house also because it appears to be immediately livable.
I am not so sure about ducting the BioWall to the ERV. Breathing through growing medium is not the best idea. Perhaps an unducted BioWall would be better.

The garage is a great feature. But the only separation between the garage and the living space is a simple door without any other measures to minimize car fumes from entering the living space. In an airtight home, this should be addressed.

I don’t think they did anything to mitigate the thermal bridging that exists in a SIPs home. All they need to do is add a couple of inches of EPS outsulation on the outter skin of the SIPs. Really not a difficult or expensive thing to do.

]]> By: lazyreader http://inhabitat.com/team-purdues-solar-decathlon-house-blends-traditional-architecture-with-net-zero-performance/comment-page-1/#comment-353859 lazyreader Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:04:45 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=301129#comment-353859 I like this house because it appears over all no different than an ordinary affordable house one may build anywhere. It's the planter boxes outside I dislike, there to dark on a house with a bright paint scheme. Of course the boxes are there to hide the legs and underground of an elevated house. Traditionally they used a trellis with flowering vines or roses growing through it. I like this house because it appears over all no different than an ordinary affordable house one may build anywhere. It’s the planter boxes outside I dislike, there to dark on a house with a bright paint scheme. Of course the boxes are there to hide the legs and underground of an elevated house. Traditionally they used a trellis with flowering vines or roses growing through it.

]]> By: toltc http://inhabitat.com/team-purdues-solar-decathlon-house-blends-traditional-architecture-with-net-zero-performance/comment-page-1/#comment-353712 toltc Sun, 18 Sep 2011 00:52:22 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=301129#comment-353712 Great house, love the concept. Only problem is that you have chosen Syngonium in your green wall. It is poisonous to children and animals. A lot of indoor air purifying plants are. Perhaps a glass louvred wall with a metre high base panel? Great house, love the concept. Only problem is that you have chosen Syngonium in your green wall. It is poisonous to children and animals. A lot of indoor air purifying plants are. Perhaps a glass louvred wall with a metre high base panel?

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