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Send The Future Some Love With New Passive Energy Housing
New sustainable ways to build a home seem to be arriving every day. Faster solar energy installs. Better energy efficient materials and construction. Increased awareness of your family’s footprint on local ecology.
Each of these things are being considered by homeowners, to create smarter efficiencies today. And a better future for the generations to come.
One of the most sustainable innovations getting more attention is passive energy housing. Residential heating and cooling accounts for about 40 percent of U.S. energy consumption, and is responsible for about 20% of greenhouse gas emissions. So it’s good to find smarter solutions.
What is passive energy? It’s sunlight. Passive energy housing means designing your home in an efficient and sustainable way, so that interior room temperatures remain relatively constant year-round. What’s great about passive homes is that, while optimized for comfort, they use about 85 percent less energy for heating and cooling than the traditional home.
The idea to create greater energy efficient homes in the United States was initially in response to the U.S. gas shortage…
