Canadian Superinsulated
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Heating a New House in Nova Scotia
An owner-builder plans to heat her home with a combination of radiant-floor heat and a wood stove
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Flatrock Passive: Framing and Insulating an Interior Service Wall
Dense-packed fiberglass completes the insulation package
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Flatrock Passive: Blower Door Test Comes up Roses
A methodical attention to detail helps the house meet the airtightness standard
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Wolfe Island Passive: First Year Reflections
The building process may have been arduous, but the result was well worth the effort
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Wolfe Island Passive: A Performance Report
‘The most airtight building in Ontario’ gets its energy-efficiency numbers
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Footings and Frost Walls at Flatrock Passive
Setting footings and frost walls on a compacted rock base in preparation for the slab
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Flatrock Passive: A Final Design and Energy Modeling
Energy modeling predicts the house will use 75% less energy for heat than a typical house built to minimum code requirements
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Energy Predictions vs. Energy Performance
An analysis of energy use in the first year of living at Blue Heron EcoHaus
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Wolfe Island Passive: Siding and a Porch
The engineered wood siding has a 25-year warranty, but it should protect the house for decades
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Canadian First Nation Gets Active About Passive Housing
The British Columbia First Nation community finds conventional housing just doesn't do the trick