What The Passive House Standard Could Mean For Your Old House By: SA HOME | - Is it possible to retrofit a 160-year-old home so that it requires no mechanical heating? A builder is trying to do just that in Boston using the Passive House standard, a German-borne set of energy efficiency principles dating back to the late 1980s.
"The Passive House approach is very techie, which I think is its Achilles Heel--it appeals to geeks but not the layman, the lay builder," builder Simon Hare told CNET News last month. "We can prove we can do this without hiring consult ... Tags:green, renovation, passive, house, standard, green, remodele