Passive heating and cooling / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

...passive heating and cooling and writing about Passive House, we were in contact with Harold Orr, a world-renowned environmental engineer, pioneer of the very concept of 'green building'. and who was recently awarded the Order of Canada for his pioneering contribution to energy-efficient home construction. He was one of...

...and took advantage of a rock overhang to employ the basic principles of passive heating and cooling. It is exposed to the sun in winter and shaded in the summer. Image via nationalparks.org   In reviving the ancient building technique of passive heating and cooling, the Saskatchewan Conservation House showed us what ...

...passive heating and cooling, and you can obviously go further into it with building envelope design, but it costs nothing to take the first step towards 'passive heating and cooling design which is just to think about it and in some capacity factor it in to your build.     For new home construction, people are often co...