The key to building a passive house is thinking about the relationship between your home and the envireonment.
To achieve this you must consider four elemnts. The four elements to a Solar Passive Home are as follows:
Solar Orientation -
The layout of your site and the position of the house will ultimately determine the amount of energy your home recieves.
House Design -
How your home reacts to the environment and how it harnesses the solar energy around it is the true nature of a solar passive house. House design determines the layout of the rooms, the windows and focuses on receiving the maximum solar energy possible.
House Structure -
The composition of the walls and roof are vital. The levels of insulating materials or the breathability of the material used determines the passiveness of a house. In order to acheive passive status all cold bridges must be sealed and the house ventilated and heating requirements should not exceed 15watts per sqm.
Technology -
Renewable energy then allows a passive house to become self sufficient. A passive house requires low amount of heating therefore less energy is required, therefore the correct combination of technologies should heat your every year for generations.
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